12.5% —
Lower than 68% of state electorate areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Cannington (South Metropolitan) · State Electorate
Community Participation in Cannington (South Metropolitan)
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people in Cannington give their time to volunteering and unpaid care compared to the state average. Just 12.5% of the community volunteer, which is well below the Western Australian figure of 15.9%. This trend of lower participation extends into unpaid domestic work and Defence service.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 12.5% of people here volunteer, a figure that is lower than most areas and well below the Western Australian average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much lower than most areas, with only 9.4% of people providing care and 17.5% doing over 15 hours of housework. About 26.5% care for children unpaid, which is roughly the same as the national figure.
9.4% —
Lower than 88% of state electorate areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.5% —
Lower than 52% of state electorate areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
17.5% —
Lower than 81% of state electorate areas.
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.
Only 1.8% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is much lower than most similar areas and a little below the national average.
1.8%
Lower than 81% of state electorate 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 (South Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED51205/cannington/topic/community