24.3% ▲ +17.2%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.8%
- 2016: 33.0%
- 2021: 24.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bandon Grove · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Bandon Grove
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A striking 42.3% of people in Bandon Grove do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework each week. This high level of home-based work is part of a broader trend of community and family contribution in the area. Many residents dedicate significant time to caring for others and volunteering.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 24.3% of people helping out. This is far above the national figure of 14.1% and the New South Wales rate of 13.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is a major part of life for many, as 18.0% of residents provide this support, which is well above the same figure for Australia. This is seen in the high number of people caring for children unpaid (40.5%) and those doing heavy housework (42.3%).
18.0% ▲ +41.5%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.7%
- 2016: 10.0%
- 2021: 18.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
40.5% ▲ +27.0%
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.9%
- 2016: 26.0%
- 2021: 40.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
42.3% ▲ +14.0%
Higher than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 37.1%
- 2016: 26.0%
- 2021: 42.3%
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force. This is a little below the New South Wales rate of 2.3% and the national figure of 2.8%.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Bandon Grove [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10172/bandon-grove/topic/community