22.7% ▼ -7.4%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.5%
- 2016: 22.2%
- 2021: 22.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bannaby · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Bannaby
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A strong spirit of service shapes daily life in Bannaby, where nearly a quarter of residents volunteer their time. This is well above the national figure and marks the area as a place where people actively contribute to their local community.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 22.7% of people helping out. This is well above the 13% seen across New South Wales and the 14.1% national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Housework is a major part of life for 38.6% of residents who spend 15 or more hours a week on it, a figure far above the national average. While 25% of people provide unpaid childcare—similar to the rest of the state—no one in the area reports providing other types of unpaid care.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.7%
- 2016: 22.2%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.0% ▲ +3.7%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.1%
- 2016: 27.8%
- 2021: 25.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
38.6% ▲ +26.5%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.5%
- 2016: 36.1%
- 2021: 38.6%
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.
Defence service is much more common here than elsewhere, with 9.8% of people having served. This is well above the 2.3% seen in New South Wales and the 2.8% national average.
9.8%
Higher than 95% 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 Bannaby [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10183/bannaby/topic/community