7.3% ▼ -15.9%
Lower than 97% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 8.7%
- 2016: 10.8%
- 2021: 7.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Canterbury · Sub-region (SA3)
Community Participation in Canterbury
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Only 7.3% of people in Canterbury volunteer, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%. This is among the lowest rates for any similar area, and the number of volunteers has fallen since 2011. Residents here are also less likely to provide unpaid care or housework than people in most other parts of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is uncommon here, with only 7.3% of residents taking part. This is well below the New South Wales rate of 13.0% and represents a 1.4 percentage point drop since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is much lower than most areas at 22.4%, a figure that has fallen by 3.5 percentage points since 2011. Similarly, 18.6% of people do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, which is a little below the national figure of 20.7%.
11.0% ▼ -3.1%
Lower than 70% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 11.3%
- 2016: 12.1%
- 2021: 11.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.4% ▼ -13.5%
Lower than 80% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 25.9%
- 2016: 26.0%
- 2021: 22.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.6% ▲ +4.9%
Lower than 76% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 17.7%
- 2016: 17.8%
- 2021: 18.6%
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 rare in the area, with only 0.6% of people having served. This is among the lowest rates for similar areas and is a little below the New South Wales figure of 2.3%.
0.6%
Lower than 99% of sub-region (sa3) 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 Canterbury [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/11902/canterbury/topic/community