2.7% ▼ -92.2%
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 35.1%
- 2016: 9.1%
- 2021: 2.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Kalumburu · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Kalumburu
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than half of all residents in Kalumburu provide unpaid childcare, making it one of the most active areas for this kind of support. While child care and general caregiving are very common, other forms of community work and service are much less frequent.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 2.7% of people volunteer here, which is far below the national figure of 14.1% and represents a drop of 32 points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Caregiving is a major part of life in the area, with 54.1% of people caring for children and 34.6% providing other unpaid care, both figures being far above the national average. In contrast, those doing 15 or more hours of housework per week fell to 12.0%, which is well below the Australian figure of 20.7%.
34.6% ▲ +105.6%
Higher than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 16.8%
- 2016: 31.4%
- 2021: 34.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
54.1% ▲ +61.6%
Higher than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 33.5%
- 2016: 68.6%
- 2021: 54.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
12.0% ▼ -53.0%
Lower than 94% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 25.5%
- 2016: 26.4%
- 2021: 12.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did 15 hours or more of unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census.
Defence service
People who served in the Australian Defence Force.
Defence service is uncommon in the area, with 1.4% of people having served, a figure a little below both the state and national averages.
1.4%
Lower than 91% of urban centre areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who have ever served in the Australian Defence Force (currently or previously).
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Community Participation in Kalumburu [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL522032/kalumburu/topic/community