22.4% —
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 38.0%
- 2021: 22.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Canaga · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Canaga
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A strong spirit of helping out defines daily life in Canaga, where 22.4% of people volunteer. This rate is well above the national figure of 14.1%, showing a community that is far more active in local support than most of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 22.4% of residents volunteer their time, which is well above the 14.1% seen across both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, with 29.9% of people caring for children and another 29.9% doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, both well above national figures. Additionally, 13.4% provide other unpaid care, which is a little above the Australian average.
13.4% —
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 19.0%
- 2021: 13.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.9% —
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 44.3%
- 2021: 29.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
29.9% —
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 25.3%
- 2021: 29.9%
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 well below the Queensland rate of 3.9%.
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 Canaga [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30510/canaga/topic/community