44.4% ▲ +8.2%
Higher than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 41.1%
- 2016: 77.6%
- 2021: 44.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Canna · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Canna
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 45% of people in Canna volunteer, which is far more than the national figure. This sparse area shows a high level of community involvement and a strong tendency to provide unpaid care for others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 44.4% of residents giving their time. This is far above the 15.9% seen in Western Australia and the 14.1% national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much more common than in most areas, with 17.8% of people providing care. This includes 28.9% of residents who care for children unpaid, a figure slightly above the national average of 26.3%.
17.8% ▲ +37.8%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.9%
- 2016: 6.1%
- 2021: 17.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.9% ▼ -15.6%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.2%
- 2016: 51.0%
- 2021: 28.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.2% ▼ -17.8%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.0%
- 2016: 38.8%
- 2021: 22.2%
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, which is a little below the figures for both Western Australia and Australia.
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 Canna [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50243/canna/topic/community