15.2% ▼ -23.9%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.0%
- 2016: 33.3%
- 2021: 15.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Kanyapella · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Kanyapella
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A much higher proportion of residents do housework here than in most similar areas, with 32.6% spending 15 hours or more a week on these tasks. Kanyapella is a sparsely populated area where community involvement varies, though it has a notably high number of former Defence Force members.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15.2% of people in Kanyapella volunteer, which is a little above both the Victorian and national figures, though this is lower than most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 23.9% of residents provide unpaid childcare, which is a little below the national figure, only 6.5% provide other unpaid care. This is well below the figures for Victoria and Australia.
6.5% ▼ -40.1%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.9%
- 2016: 17.6%
- 2021: 6.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.9% ▼ -14.8%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.1%
- 2016: 27.5%
- 2021: 23.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
32.6% ▲ +91.7%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.0%
- 2016: 25.5%
- 2021: 32.6%
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.
Serving in the Defence Force is common here, with 8.2% of the population having done so. This is among the highest rates for areas of this level and is well above the national figure of 2.8%.
8.2%
Higher than 92% 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 Kanyapella [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21298/kanyapella/topic/community