5.8% ▼ -16.9%
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.0%
- 2016: 8.9%
- 2021: 5.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bankstown · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Bankstown
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people in Bankstown engage in unpaid care and volunteering compared to the rest of the state. Just 5.8% of the community volunteer, a figure that is well below both the New South Wales and national averages.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is among the lowest for areas of this size, with only 5.8% of people pitching in, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is less common here than in most other areas. Only 9.4% of people provide unpaid care, and the 16.1% who spend 15 or more hours on housework is well below the New South Wales figure of 21.2%.
9.4% ▼ -13.3%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.8%
- 2016: 11.3%
- 2021: 9.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.2% ▼ -12.4%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.3%
- 2016: 25.0%
- 2021: 22.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
16.1% ▲ +1.5%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.9%
- 2016: 16.4%
- 2021: 16.1%
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.
A small number of residents have served in the Defence Force. At 0.3%, this is lower than most areas and a little below the national average of 2.8%.
0.3%
Lower than 76% 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 Bankstown [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10181/bankstown/topic/community