10.2% ▼ -32.6%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.2%
- 2016: 14.9%
- 2021: 10.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Agnes Banks · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Agnes Banks
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 29% of people in Agnes Banks provide unpaid childcare, which is a higher rate than most other areas. While unpaid care roles are common, the community sees much lower levels of volunteering compared to the rest of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 10.2% of residents volunteer, a figure that is well below the Australian average of 14.1% and much lower than most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is frequent here, with 14.1% of people providing some form of care and 24.4% doing at least 15 hours of housework weekly, both of which are well above the national figures.
14.1% ▼ -7.9%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.3%
- 2016: 13.4%
- 2021: 14.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.9% ▼ -20.3%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.3%
- 2016: 34.3%
- 2021: 28.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.4% ▼ -6.2%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.0%
- 2016: 24.7%
- 2021: 24.4%
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 2.4% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is roughly the same as the rates for New South Wales and Australia.
2.4%
Lower than 55% 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 Agnes Banks [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10021/agnes-banks/topic/community