23.4% —
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 30.7%
- 2021: 23.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bango · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Bango
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly a quarter of residents in Bango give their time to volunteering, a rate far above the national figure. This high level of community involvement is mirrored in the large number of people who provide unpaid care. It is a place where residents are significantly more active in supporting others than those in most other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 23.4% of people helping out. This is well above the Australian average of 14.1% and far above the New South Wales figure of 13.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is very frequent, with 23.4% of people providing support, which is far above the national figure. Meanwhile, 25.5% care for children unpaid, a rate about the same as across Australia.
23.4% —
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 17.0%
- 2021: 23.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.5% —
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 22.7%
- 2021: 25.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.3% —
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 21.6%
- 2021: 22.3%
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.
Service in the Defence Force is much more common here than in most areas. At 5.4%, this is well above the New South Wales rate of 2.3%.
5.4%
Higher than 84% 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 Bango [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10177/bango/topic/community