10.6% ▲ +11.6%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.5%
- 2016: 12.9%
- 2021: 10.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Banksia Grove · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Banksia Grove
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far fewer people volunteer in Banksia Grove compared to most other areas. While only 10.6% of residents give their time to community groups, a huge 39% of people here provide unpaid childcare, which is far above the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is quite low in Banksia Grove, with 10.6% of people helping out. This is well below the 15.9% seen across Western Australia and the 14.1% national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is very common here, with 39% of people caring for children, far above the Australian average of 26.3%. In contrast, only 8.5% provide other types of unpaid care and 17.6% spend 15 or more hours on housework, both of which are much lower than most areas.
8.5% ▲ +20.9%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.1%
- 2016: 7.4%
- 2021: 8.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
39.0% ▲ +0.7%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 38.7%
- 2016: 39.0%
- 2021: 39.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
17.6% ▼ -15.5%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.8%
- 2016: 19.0%
- 2021: 17.6%
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.
People who have served in the Defence Force make up 1.6% of the population. This is a little below the figures for both Western Australia and Australia, which sit at 2.9% and 2.8% respectively.
1.6%
Lower than 63% 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 Banksia Grove [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50069/banksia-grove/topic/community