13.7% ▼ -26.4%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.7%
- 2016: 20.9%
- 2021: 13.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Canungra · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Canungra
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher rates of unpaid family care set Canungra apart from the rest of the state. While volunteering is typical for the region, a significant number of residents dedicate their time to caring for children and others in the home.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 13.7% of people volunteer their time, which is about the same as the Queensland and Australian figures.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Family responsibilities are common here, with 31.7% of people caring for children unpaid—well above the national figure of 26.3%. This high level of child care is seen alongside more people doing 15 or more hours of housework (25.6%) and providing general unpaid care (13.3%) compared to the state average.
13.3% ▲ +9.9%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.1%
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 13.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
31.7% ▼ -2.2%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.4%
- 2016: 27.9%
- 2021: 31.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.6% ▲ +3.4%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.8%
- 2016: 23.0%
- 2021: 25.6%
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.
A much higher share of residents than in most areas have served in the Defence Force, at 5.7%, which is more than double the national figure of 2.8%.
5.7%
Higher than 86% 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 Canungra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30523/canungra/topic/community