6.2% ▼ -24.5%
Lower than 99% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 8.3%
- 2016: 9.9%
- 2021: 6.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bankstown · State Electorate
Community Participation in Bankstown
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people in Bankstown are volunteering and providing unpaid care than they were in 2011. Only 6.2% of the population now volunteers, which is among the lowest rates for similar areas. This reflects a general decline in unpaid community work across the region over the last decade.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering in Bankstown has fallen by 2 percentage points since 2011 to 6.2%. This is well below the national figure of 14.1% and the New South Wales rate of 13.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much lower here than in most areas. Only 22.2% of people care for children unpaid, while 10.3% provide other unpaid care and 17.2% do more than 15 hours of housework weekly; all these figures are well below the state and national averages.
10.3% ▼ -12.5%
Lower than 78% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 11.8%
- 2016: 12.2%
- 2021: 10.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.2% ▼ -13.2%
Lower than 85% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 25.6%
- 2016: 24.8%
- 2021: 22.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
17.2% ▼ -3.8%
Lower than 84% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 17.9%
- 2016: 17.4%
- 2021: 17.2%
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 served in the Defence Force make up 0.6% of the population. This is among the lowest proportions for similar areas and sits a little below the New South Wales figure of 2.3%.
0.6%
Lower than 99% of state electorate 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 Bankstown [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10005/bankstown/topic/community