40.0% —
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 50.0%
- 2021: 40.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Cannum · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Cannum
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A staggering 40% of people in Cannum volunteer their time, making it one of the most active places for community work. This high level of local spirit is paired with a very high rate of unpaid care and housework compared to the rest of the state.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is far more common here than elsewhere, with 40% of people helping out. This is far above the Victorian figure of 13.3% and the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very common, as 56.7% of people do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, far above the 20.7% national figure. This is alongside a very high rate of unpaid childcare at 46.7% and 16.7% of people providing other types of unpaid care.
16.7% —
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.9%
- 2021: 16.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
46.7% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 36.8%
- 2021: 46.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
56.7% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 28.9%
- 2021: 56.7%
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the Victorian rate of 2.0% and the national figure of 2.8%.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Cannum [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20467/cannum/topic/community