5.7% —
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 33.3%
- 2021: 5.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Cannon Creek · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Cannon Creek
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A striking gap exists between Cannon Creek and the rest of the country in how people spend their spare time. While 8.3% of the population has served in the Defence Force—well above the national figure—very few residents participate in traditional volunteering.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 5.7% of people here volunteer, which is among the lowest for similar areas and well below the Queensland figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Housework is common here, with 32.1% of people doing 15 or more hours of unpaid work weekly, far above the national average. In contrast, the 5.7% of people caring for children unpaid is far below the Australian figure of 26.3%.
11.3% —
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 16.7%
- 2021: 11.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
5.7% —
Lower than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 22.2%
- 2021: 5.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
32.1% —
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 36.1%
- 2021: 32.1%
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 much more common in Cannon Creek than elsewhere, with 8.3% of residents having served, which is well above the 2.8% seen across Australia.
8.3%
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 Cannon Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30518/cannon-creek/topic/community