19.6% ▼ -37.1%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.3%
- 2016: 27.8%
- 2021: 19.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Canobolas · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Canobolas
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 20% of people in Canobolas volunteer their time, a figure well above the national average. This area shows a strong trend of community contribution, with high rates of unpaid care and a higher proportion of former defence force members than most similar places.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 19.6% of residents giving their time. This is well above the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very high in this area, where 31.7% of people care for children unpaid—well above the 26.3% national figure. This extends to other duties too, as 26.2% do 15 or more hours of housework and 14.4% provide other unpaid care, both of which are higher than most areas.
14.4% ▲ +10.7%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.0%
- 2016: 11.5%
- 2021: 14.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
31.7% ▼ -7.8%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.4%
- 2016: 34.4%
- 2021: 31.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.2% ▼ -9.9%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.1%
- 2016: 26.3%
- 2021: 26.2%
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.
A higher than usual proportion of the community has served in the Defence Force. At 3.6%, this is a little above the New South Wales figure of 2.3%.
3.6%
Higher 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 Canobolas [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10792/canobolas/topic/community