11.8% ▼ -66.3%
Lower than 84% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 35.1%
- 2016: 17.2%
- 2021: 11.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Agnes Banks · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Agnes Banks
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than a quarter of people in Agnes Banks provide unpaid child care, the most common form of community contribution here. While many residents help out at home, the area has seen a sharp drop in formal volunteering over the last decade.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 11.8% of people volunteer, which is much lower than most areas and has fallen by 23 points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common, with 13.9% of people providing care and 27% looking after children, both figures being higher than most areas. Meanwhile, the number of people doing at least 15 hours of housework fell to 23.6%.
13.9% ▼ -18.3%
Higher than 63% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 17.1%
- 2016: 13.1%
- 2021: 13.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.0% ▲ +34.4%
Higher than 63% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 20.1%
- 2016: 32.2%
- 2021: 27.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.6% ▼ -25.6%
Lower than 54% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 31.8%
- 2016: 23.2%
- 2021: 23.6%
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.
A higher proportion of the population has served in the Defence Force than in most areas, at 4.2%, which is a little above the national figure of 2.8%.
4.2%
Higher than 65% 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 Agnes Banks [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL122003/agnes-banks/topic/community