19.9% ▼ -36.0%
Higher than 68% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 31.0%
- 2016: 18.0%
- 2021: 19.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bangalow · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Bangalow
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Well above the national figure, 19.9% of people in Bangalow volunteer their time. This reflects a strong local commitment to community work, though this figure has fallen by 11 percentage points since 2011. The town also sees much higher rates of unpaid childcare compared to other similar areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Nearly one in five residents volunteer, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and the national average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is very common here, with 32.3% of people providing this support, which is well above the national figure of 26.3%. This rose 9.3 percentage points since 2011, while those providing other types of unpaid care stayed about the same as the state and national averages.
10.9% ▼ -5.8%
Lower than 76% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 11.6%
- 2016: 12.9%
- 2021: 10.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
32.3% ▲ +40.3%
Higher than 83% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 23.0%
- 2016: 31.8%
- 2021: 32.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.2% ▲ +6.9%
Higher than 52% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 22.7%
- 2016: 24.5%
- 2021: 24.2%
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.
Only 1.2% of residents have served in the Defence Force, a rate that is among the lowest for similar areas and slightly below the national figure of 2.8%.
1.2%
Lower than 92% of urban centre 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 Bangalow [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115006/bangalow/topic/community