15.9% ▼ -7.4%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.1%
- 2016: 19.9%
- 2021: 15.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bangor · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Bangor
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Family duties take up a significant amount of time for residents in Bangor, where 30.8% of people provide unpaid childcare. This is much higher than most similar areas. While many focus on home life, about 15.9% of the community still finds time to volunteer.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is a little above the national figure at 15.9%, though this is actually lower than in most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, with 26.8% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, which is well above the New South Wales figure. This reflects a broader trend in the area, as the 30.8% of people caring for children is well above the national average.
13.0% ▲ +10.9%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.7%
- 2016: 13.8%
- 2021: 13.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.8% ▲ +4.1%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.6%
- 2016: 33.9%
- 2021: 30.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.8% ▲ +10.7%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.2%
- 2016: 22.3%
- 2021: 26.8%
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 about the same as the figures for New South Wales and Australia.
2.4%
Lower than 54% 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 Bangor [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10178/bangor/topic/community