27.3% —
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 22.4%
- 2021: 27.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Kanumbra · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Kanumbra
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A strong spirit of volunteering defines Kanumbra, where 27.3% of residents give their time to others. This is far above the national figure of 14.1%, marking it as an area where community contribution is much more common than in most other parts of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
More than a quarter of people in Kanumbra volunteer, which is far above the 13.3% seen across Victoria and much higher than most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, with 43.2% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, far above the national figure of 20.7%. While 18.2% provide some form of unpaid care, which is well above the Australian average, those caring for children unpaid are much lower than most areas at 15.9%.
18.2% —
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 10.2%
- 2021: 18.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
15.9% —
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 26.5%
- 2021: 15.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
43.2% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 18.4%
- 2021: 43.2%
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, a figure that is a little below both the Victorian and Australian averages.
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 Kanumbra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21296/kanumbra/topic/community