11.1% ▼ -41.6%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.0%
- 2016: 16.0%
- 2021: 11.1%
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.
Much more time is spent on family care than community work in Bannockburn, where 32.2% of people provide unpaid childcare. This highlights a local focus on the home and family, while volunteering is notably low compared to the rest of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 11.1% of residents volunteer, which is much lower than most areas and well below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Family duties are a big part of life here, with 32.2% of people caring for children unpaid, which is well above the Australian average of 26.3%. This is consistent with a higher rate of people providing general unpaid care (14.1%) and a slightly higher number of people doing 15 or more hours of housework each week.
14.1% ▲ +6.2%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.2%
- 2016: 9.9%
- 2021: 14.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
32.2% ▲ +17.2%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.4%
- 2016: 36.5%
- 2021: 32.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.7% ▼ -1.4%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.0%
- 2016: 22.0%
- 2021: 22.7%
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.
A higher than usual proportion of the community has served in the Defence Force, with 3.5% of residents having served, which is about the same as the Queensland figure.
3.5%
Higher than 64% 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/SAL30147/bannockburn/topic/community