12.3% ▼ -18.2%
Lower than 81% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 15.0%
- 2016: 16.7%
- 2021: 12.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Canada Bay · Council (LGA)
Community Participation in Canada Bay
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Only 12.3% of people in Canada Bay volunteer, which is much lower than most similar areas. This suggests a decline in community unpaid work, as the volunteering rate has fallen 2.7 percentage points since 2011.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering in Canada Bay is much lower than in most other areas, though it remains about the same as the New South Wales rate of 13.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is less common here than in most areas, with 11.1% of people providing care and 20.1% doing over 15 hours of housework. About 24.2% of residents provide unpaid childcare, a figure slightly below the national average of 26.3%.
11.1% ▲ +4.8%
Lower than 64% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 10.6%
- 2016: 10.8%
- 2021: 11.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.2% ▼ -6.5%
Lower than 55% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 25.9%
- 2016: 25.7%
- 2021: 24.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.1% ▲ +8.9%
Lower than 67% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 18.4%
- 2016: 17.2%
- 2021: 20.1%
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 much lower than in most areas, with only 1.5% of Canada Bay residents having served in the Defence Force.
1.5%
Lower than 88% of council (lga) 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).
More for Canada Bay
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Community Participation in Canada Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA11520/canada-bay/topic/community