11.1% ▼ -56.8%
Lower than 78% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 25.6%
- 2016: 25.7%
- 2021: 11.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bancroft · State Electorate
Community Participation in Bancroft
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than 30% of people in Bancroft provide unpaid child care, a figure well above the national average. While family care is common, formal volunteering has dropped sharply in the area over the last decade. The community also has a notably strong history of military service.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering has fallen steeply to 11.1%, down from 25.6% in 2011. This is now well below the 14.1% recorded for both Queensland and Australia, and is much lower than most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid child care is very common here, with 30.5% of people providing it, which is well above the national figure of 26.3%. Meanwhile, the 12% of people providing other unpaid care and the 20.7% doing heavy housework are both about the same as the state and national averages.
12.0% ▲ +13.5%
Lower than 52% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 10.6%
- 2016: 10.6%
- 2021: 12.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.5% ▼ -2.1%
Higher than 84% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 31.1%
- 2016: 32.1%
- 2021: 30.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.7% ▼ -7.0%
Higher than 50% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 22.3%
- 2016: 21.3%
- 2021: 20.7%
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.
Defence service is much more common here than in most other areas. At 4.3%, the proportion of people who served in the Defence Force is a little above the Australian average of 2.8%.
4.3%
Higher than 83% 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 Bancroft [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED30003/bancroft/topic/community