10.3% ▼ -20.4%
Lower than 79% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 12.9%
- 2016: 15.4%
- 2021: 10.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Banks · Federal Electorate
Community Participation in Banks
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A decline in volunteering is the most notable change in Banks since 2011. Only 10.3% of people now volunteer, a figure that is well below the national average. While unpaid care and housework patterns remain steady, community involvement has dipped over the last decade.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 10.3% of residents volunteer, which is much lower than most areas and well below the Australian figure of 14.1%. This is a drop of 2.6 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
About 11.4% of people provide unpaid care, which is about the same as the national figure. While 21.3% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, those caring for children unpaid have fallen to 23.9% since 2011.
11.4% ▲ +1.4%
Lower than 58% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 11.2%
- 2016: 12.2%
- 2021: 11.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.9% ▼ -8.9%
Lower than 74% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 26.3%
- 2016: 27.0%
- 2021: 23.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.3% ▲ +7.9%
Higher than 57% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 19.8%
- 2016: 19.5%
- 2021: 21.3%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 1.4% of the population, which is much lower than most areas and a little below the Australian average of 2.8%.
1.4%
Lower than 85% of federal 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 Banks [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED101/banks/topic/community