18.4% —
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 29.6%
- 2021: 18.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Canbelego · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Canbelego
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Canbelego sits around the middle of similar areas for community involvement, though it has a very high rate of volunteering. About 18.4% of residents give their time to volunteer work, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 18.4% of people helping out. This is well above the 13% seen across New South Wales.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Very few people in Canbelego provide unpaid care or do significant housework, with both figures sitting at 0.0%. This is far below the national figures of 11.9% for care and 20.7% for housework. Meanwhile, 23.7% of residents provide unpaid childcare, which is a little below the Australian average of 26.3%.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 14.8%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.7% —
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 25.9%
- 2021: 23.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 29.6%
- 2021: 0.0%
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 less common here than in most areas, with 0.0% of the population having served in the Defence Force. This is a little below the national figure of 2.8%.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Canbelego [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10786/canbelego/topic/community