10.0% ▼ -8.7%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.0%
- 2016: 12.1%
- 2021: 10.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Cannington · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Cannington
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Only 10% of people in Cannington volunteer their time, which is a much lower rate than most other areas. This low level of community involvement is mirrored across the board, from unpaid care to defence service.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteer rates are well below the state and national figures, with only 10% of residents giving their time to a cause.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much lower than in most areas, with only 6.9% of people providing care. Similarly, only 13.3% do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, which is well below the national figure of 20.7%.
6.9% ▼ -13.1%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.0%
- 2016: 8.3%
- 2021: 6.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.4% ▲ +17.5%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.2%
- 2016: 21.1%
- 2021: 21.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
13.3% ▼ -8.2%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.5%
- 2016: 14.5%
- 2021: 13.3%
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.
Defence service is a little below the national and state averages, with 1.2% of residents having served in the Defence Force.
1.2%
Lower than 66% 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 Cannington [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50246/cannington/topic/community