14.6% ▼ -25.7%
Higher than 50% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 19.6%
- 2016: 22.6%
- 2021: 14.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bannockburn · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Community Participation in Bannockburn
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher rates of unpaid care than most similar areas define Bannockburn. While volunteering is around the middle for its level, a striking 36% of people provide unpaid childcare, which is well above the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.6% of people in Bannockburn volunteer, a figure slightly above the Victorian average. However, this has fallen by 5 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very common here, with 26% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, well above the national figure of 20.7%. This sits alongside a high 36% of people caring for children unpaid and 14.7% providing other unpaid care, which is a little above the state average.
14.7% ▲ +31.7%
Higher than 90% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 11.1%
- 2016: 11.4%
- 2021: 14.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
36.0% ▼ -2.4%
Higher than 93% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 36.9%
- 2016: 38.5%
- 2021: 36.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.0% ▼ -11.3%
Higher than 88% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 29.4%
- 2016: 25.1%
- 2021: 26.0%
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.
About 2.8% of the population have served in the Defence Force. This is about the same as the Australian average.
2.8%
Lower than 52% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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 Bannockburn [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/203011034/bannockburn/topic/community