10.2% ▼ -42.3%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.7%
- 2016: 24.1%
- 2021: 10.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Canoelands · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Canoelands
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far fewer people volunteer in Canoelands than in most similar areas. While only 10.2% of residents take on volunteer roles, there is a strong trend of people providing unpaid care and looking after children at home.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Just 10.2% of people here volunteer, which is much lower than most other areas and well below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 15% of people providing this support, a figure well above the national average. This is reflected in the 29.3% of residents who care for children unpaid, which is higher than most areas.
15.0% ▲ +49.1%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.0%
- 2016: 5.8%
- 2021: 15.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.3% ▲ +3.6%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.2%
- 2016: 33.6%
- 2021: 29.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.1% ▼ -15.3%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.3%
- 2016: 26.3%
- 2021: 23.1%
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.
About 2.1% of the community has served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the figures for both New South Wales and Australia.
2.1%
Lower than 58% 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 Canoelands [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10793/canoelands/topic/community