13.9% ▲ +0.4%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.9%
- 2016: 17.2%
- 2021: 13.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Canning Vale · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Canning Vale
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than 30% of people in Canning Vale provide unpaid childcare, which is well above the national figure. This high level of family care is the most striking feature of community life here, though other forms of volunteering and service are less common.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 13.9% of residents volunteer, a figure that is lower than most similar areas and a little below the Western Australian average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 30.7% of people provide unpaid childcare—much higher than most areas—those providing other types of unpaid care are far fewer. Only 10% of the population provides general unpaid care, which is much lower than in most other places.
10.0% ▲ +27.5%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.8%
- 2016: 9.2%
- 2021: 10.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.7% ▼ -4.8%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.2%
- 2016: 31.5%
- 2021: 30.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.0% ▼ -3.3%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.7%
- 2016: 20.5%
- 2021: 20.0%
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.
People who have served in the Defence Force make up 1.6% of the population, which is lower than most areas and a little below the state and national figures.
1.6%
Lower than 63% 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 Canning Vale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50245/canning-vale/topic/community