43.5% —
Higher than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 67.4%
- 2021: 43.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bangerang · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Bangerang
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement has remained a central part of life in Bangerang, where volunteering is far more common than in other parts of the country. Nearly 44% of residents give their time to help others, making this one of the most active areas for volunteering in the region.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 43.5% of people helping out. This is far above the Victorian figure of 13.3% and the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is very frequent in Bangerang, with 26.1% of people providing support—far above the national figure of 11.9%. This includes 30.4% of residents caring for children unpaid, which is well above the Australian average of 26.3%.
26.1% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.0%
- 2021: 26.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.4% —
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 30.2%
- 2021: 30.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.7% —
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 25.6%
- 2021: 21.7%
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.
No one in Bangerang has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is a little below the national rate of 2.8%.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Bangerang [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20130/bangerang/topic/community