9.8% ▼ -13.4%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.3%
- 2016: 14.4%
- 2021: 9.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bangholme · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Bangholme
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far fewer people in Bangholme volunteer or provide unpaid childcare compared to the state and national averages. While only 9.8% of the population volunteers, there is a notably strong presence of former Defence Force members in the area.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Just 9.8% of people here volunteer, which is well below the Victorian figure of 13.3% and the national average of 14.1%. This is much lower than most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is very uncommon here, with only 8.7% of people providing this care, which is far below the 26.3% seen across Australia. Around 12% of residents provide some form of unpaid care, a figure about the same as the national average.
12.0% ▼ -0.5%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.1%
- 2016: 11.8%
- 2021: 12.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
8.7% ▼ -24.2%
Lower than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.4%
- 2016: 12.3%
- 2021: 8.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.1% ▲ +3.8%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.4%
- 2016: 20.4%
- 2021: 19.1%
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 much higher proportion of the population has served in the Defence Force than in most other areas. At 5.3%, this is well above the Victorian rate of 2.0% and a little above the Australian figure of 2.8%.
5.3%
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 Bangholme [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20131/bangholme/topic/community