10.7% ▼ -6.8%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.4%
- 2016: 14.7%
- 2021: 10.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
East Cannington · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in East Cannington
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Only 10.7% of people in East Cannington volunteer, a figure well below the national average. This shows a lower level of community involvement compared to most other areas. While formal volunteering is low, nearly 29% of residents provide unpaid care for children.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is much lower here than in most other areas, with only 10.7% of people pitching in, which is well below the 14.1% national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
About 28.8% of residents provide unpaid childcare, which is a little above the Australian average. However, other forms of unpaid work are much lower than most areas, with only 8% providing unpaid care and 16.3% doing 15 or more hours of housework.
8.0% ▼ -4.4%
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.4%
- 2016: 8.9%
- 2021: 8.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.8% ▲ +5.2%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.4%
- 2016: 26.4%
- 2021: 28.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
16.3% ▼ -6.7%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.4%
- 2016: 17.4%
- 2021: 16.3%
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 lower than in most areas, with 1.2% of the population having served, which is a little below the state and national figures.
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 East Cannington [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50453/east-cannington/topic/community