7.5% ▼ -42.9%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.2%
- 2016: 12.3%
- 2021: 7.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Kanwal · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Kanwal
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Only 7.5% of residents in Kanwal volunteer their time, which is well below the national figure. This low level of community participation is a standout feature of the area, where fewer people engage in unpaid volunteer work or childcare compared to other Australian suburbs.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very uncommon here, with only 7.5% of people helping out. This is well below the 13% seen across New South Wales and the 14.1% national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is less common than in most areas, with only 20.5% of people caring for children. This is well below the Australian figure of 26.3%, while 11.2% of residents provide other types of unpaid care.
11.2% ▼ -5.6%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.8%
- 2016: 11.6%
- 2021: 11.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.5% ▼ -25.7%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.7%
- 2016: 24.4%
- 2021: 20.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.3% ▼ -11.5%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.8%
- 2016: 20.0%
- 2021: 19.3%
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 3.2%. This is about the same as the figures for New South Wales and Australia overall.
3.2%
Higher than 60% 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 Kanwal [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12075/kanwal/topic/community