9.7% ▼ -13.8%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.2%
- 2016: 13.0%
- 2021: 9.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Canton Beach · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Canton Beach
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than five times the national average of residents have served in the Defence Force in Canton Beach. This military connection stands out in a community where other forms of local activity, such as volunteering, are much lower than in other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 9.7% of people here volunteer, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and the national average of 14.1%. This rate is much lower than in most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Canton Beach has far fewer people caring for children unpaid at 14.6%, compared to 26.3% across Australia. While 11.8% provide some form of unpaid care, which is about the same as the national figure, only 19.5% spend 15 or more hours on housework.
11.8% ▼ -0.3%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.9%
- 2016: 11.0%
- 2021: 11.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
14.6% ▼ -14.9%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.2%
- 2016: 16.2%
- 2021: 14.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.5% ▼ -22.8%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.3%
- 2016: 19.4%
- 2021: 19.5%
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.
A striking 5.7% of the population served in the Defence Force, a figure that is well above the New South Wales rate of 2.3% and much higher than most other areas.
5.7%
Higher than 86% 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 Canton Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10797/canton-beach/topic/community