4.8% ▼ -29.3%
Lower than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.7%
- 2016: 8.4%
- 2021: 4.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Canley Heights · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Canley Heights
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Less than 5% of people in Canley Heights volunteer their time, meaning few residents take part in unpaid community groups compared to other areas. This low level of engagement is mirrored in other forms of unpaid work and service across the suburb.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 4.8% of people here volunteer, which is among the lowest rates for similar areas and well below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much lower than most areas, with only 19.1% of people caring for children and 14.5% spending 15 or more hours a week on housework. Just 9.7% of residents provide any form of unpaid care, which is a little below the New South Wales figure.
9.7% ▼ -12.3%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.1%
- 2016: 11.3%
- 2021: 9.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
19.1% ▼ -24.1%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.2%
- 2016: 23.5%
- 2021: 19.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
14.5% ▼ -7.2%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.6%
- 2016: 16.5%
- 2021: 14.5%
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.
People who have served in the Defence Force make up 0.4% of the population, which is lower than most areas and a little below the national average of 2.8%.
0.4%
Lower than 75% 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 Canley Heights [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10790/canley-heights/topic/community