13.8% ▼ -22.3%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.7%
- 2016: 21.9%
- 2021: 13.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bannockburn · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Bannockburn
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than a third of people in Bannockburn provide unpaid childcare, marking it as one of the highest areas for this activity in the region. This strong focus on family care defines the daily lives of many residents, though broader community volunteering remains at a typical level.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 13.8% of residents volunteer, which is lower than most similar areas and roughly the same as the figures for Victoria and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is very common here, with 37.3% of people caring for children—far above the national figure of 26.3%. This is consistent with a higher rate of residents doing at least 15 hours of unpaid housework (25.6%) and more people providing general unpaid care (13.7%) compared to most areas.
13.7% ▲ +24.0%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.1%
- 2016: 10.7%
- 2021: 13.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
37.3% ▼ -0.8%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 37.6%
- 2016: 38.9%
- 2021: 37.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.6% ▼ -11.5%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.9%
- 2016: 24.4%
- 2021: 25.6%
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 common among 2.6% of the population, which is about the same as the rates seen across Victoria and Australia.
2.6%
Higher than 50% 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 Bannockburn [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20133/bannockburn/topic/community