26.1% ▼ -19.7%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.5%
- 2016: 34.4%
- 2021: 26.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bannister · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Bannister
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Over a quarter of people in Bannister volunteer, a figure far above the national average. This high level of community spirit is a defining feature of the area, where residents are much more likely to give their time to others than those in most other parts of Australia.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 26.1% of residents helping out. This is far above the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and the national average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is more frequent than in most areas. This includes 17.4% of people providing unpaid care, while 28.7% care for children and 27.0% spend 15 or more hours a week on housework.
17.4% ▲ +26.3%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.8%
- 2016: 20.4%
- 2021: 17.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.7% ▲ +9.2%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.3%
- 2016: 38.7%
- 2021: 28.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.0% ▼ -11.7%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.5%
- 2016: 30.1%
- 2021: 27.0%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 5.2% of the population. This is much higher than most similar areas and a little above the national figure of 2.8%.
5.2%
Higher than 83% 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 Bannister [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10184/bannister/topic/community