29.7% ▼ -11.5%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.5%
- 2016: 27.7%
- 2021: 29.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Canningvale · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Canningvale
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 30% of people in Canningvale volunteer, creating a community with a very high level of local engagement. This spirit of helping out is reflected in the fact that far more people provide unpaid care here than in most other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 29.7% of residents volunteer, which is far above the Queensland and national figure of 14.1%. This is much higher than most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 15.4% of people providing support and 27.5% doing 15 or more hours of housework—both well above the national figure. However, the 23.1% of people caring for children unpaid is well below the Australian average of 26.3%.
15.4% ▲ +95.6%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.9%
- 2016: 11.8%
- 2021: 15.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.1% ▼ -12.1%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.3%
- 2016: 21.0%
- 2021: 23.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.5% ▲ +6.3%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.8%
- 2016: 23.5%
- 2021: 27.5%
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 result that is well below the Queensland rate of 3.9% and lower than most other areas.
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 Canningvale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30516/canningvale/topic/community