14.0% ▼ -54.2%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.7%
- 2016: 25.2%
- 2021: 14.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Kanoona · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Kanoona
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people contribute to their community through unpaid work and care in Kanoona than in most similar areas. A striking 35.1% of residents spend 15 or more hours a week on unpaid housework, which is far above the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14% of people here volunteer, which is a little above the New South Wales average and about the same as the Australian figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is very common here, with 19.3% of people providing care and 29.8% looking after children, both of which are well above the state and national figures.
19.3% ▲ +64.3%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.7%
- 2016: 14.4%
- 2021: 19.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.8% ▲ +19.8%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.9%
- 2016: 27.0%
- 2021: 29.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
35.1% ▼ -3.2%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.3%
- 2016: 37.8%
- 2021: 35.1%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 6.1% of the population, a figure that is much higher than most areas and well above the national average.
6.1%
Higher than 87% 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 Kanoona [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12074/kanoona/topic/community