12.4% ▼ -5.8%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.1%
- 2016: 15.7%
- 2021: 12.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Banks · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Banks
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Daily life in Banks involves a high level of unpaid family support and a strong connection to military service. While 32.7% of people provide unpaid childcare—well above the national figure—volunteer rates are notably low for the area.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 12.4% of people here volunteer, which is much lower than most areas and well below the 18.4% seen across the ACT.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is very common, with 32.7% of residents providing this support, a figure well above both the state and national averages. However, only 12.5% of people provide general unpaid care, which is about the same as the national figure.
12.5% ▲ +22.3%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.2%
- 2016: 10.6%
- 2021: 12.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
32.7% ▼ -7.6%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.3%
- 2016: 34.2%
- 2021: 32.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.7% ▼ -5.7%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.8%
- 2016: 19.2%
- 2021: 18.7%
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 much higher proportion of people have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, with 6.1% of residents having served, which is well above the Australian average of 2.8%.
6.1%
Higher than 87% 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 Banks [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80021/banks/topic/community