26.8% ▼ -21.1%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.0%
- 2016: 28.7%
- 2021: 26.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bandy Creek · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Bandy Creek
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than one in four people in Bandy Creek volunteer, creating a community where local contribution is far more common than in other areas. This spirit of helping out is mirrored in the high number of residents who provide unpaid care for children.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 26.8% of residents volunteer, which is far above the national figure of 14.1% and much higher than most other areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is common here, with 32.6% of people providing this support, well above the Australian average of 26.3%. Meanwhile, 12.0% of people provide some form of unpaid care, which is about the same as the national figure.
12.0% ▲ +65.2%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.3%
- 2016: 8.9%
- 2021: 12.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
32.6% ▲ +9.7%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.8%
- 2016: 27.4%
- 2021: 32.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.3% ▼ -33.3%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.5%
- 2016: 26.6%
- 2021: 22.3%
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 have served in the Defence Force make up 1.7% of the population, which is a little below the 2.8% seen across Australia.
1.7%
Lower than 61% 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 Bandy Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50066/bandy-creek/topic/community