12.7% ▼ -4.7%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.3%
- 2016: 15.9%
- 2021: 12.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Canada Bay · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Canada Bay
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 30% of people in Canada Bay provide unpaid childcare, a figure well above the national average. This is the most prominent form of community contribution in the area, contrasting with lower rates of volunteering and military service.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is less common here than in most similar areas, with 12.7% of residents helping out. This is about the same as the New South Wales figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 29.4% of people provide unpaid childcare—well above the Australian figure of 26.3%—those doing 15 or more hours of housework (20.1%) are fewer than in most other areas. Overall, 12.5% of residents provide some form of unpaid care, which is slightly higher than the state average.
12.5% ▲ +6.8%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.7%
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 12.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.4% ▼ -0.7%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.6%
- 2016: 27.4%
- 2021: 29.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.1% ▲ +7.6%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.7%
- 2016: 21.1%
- 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 less common here than in most similar areas, with 1.2% of people having served. This is a little below both the New South Wales and national figures.
1.2%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality 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 Canada Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10784/canada-bay/topic/community