16.2% ▼ -1.9%
Higher than 60% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 16.5%
- 2016: 19.5%
- 2021: 16.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Canning · Sub-region (SA3)
Community Participation in Canning
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Over a quarter of people in Canning provide unpaid childcare, making it the most common form of community contribution here. This local effort is higher than in most areas, while volunteering remains steady and slightly above the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16.2% of people in Canning volunteer, which is higher than most areas and a little above the Australian figure of 14.1%. This rate has barely changed since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is common here, with 27.3% of people helping out, a figure that has risen since 2011. However, providing general unpaid care is much lower than most areas at 10.0%, and 19.0% of people do 15 or more hours of housework weekly.
10.0% ▲ +9.2%
Lower than 84% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 9.2%
- 2016: 10.0%
- 2021: 10.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.3% ▲ +9.6%
Higher than 62% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 24.9%
- 2016: 26.1%
- 2021: 27.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.0% ▼ -3.9%
Lower than 72% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 19.8%
- 2016: 19.4%
- 2021: 19.0%
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 only 2.0% of people having served. This is much lower than most areas and slightly below the national figure of 2.8%.
2.0%
Lower than 78% 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 Canning [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/50603/canning/topic/community