13.4% ▼ -43.8%
Lower than 74% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 23.9%
- 2016: 24.5%
- 2021: 13.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bannockburn · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Bannockburn
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people in Bannockburn provide unpaid childcare than in other similar areas, with 37.5% of the population doing so. This high level of family care is a defining feature of daily life here, though it contrasts with a sharp decline in local volunteering over the last decade.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering has dropped significantly in Bannockburn, falling 10 percentage points since 2011 to 13.4%. This is now lower than most similar areas, although it remains about the same as the Victorian and national figures.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
A huge 37.5% of residents provide unpaid childcare, which is far above the state and national figures of 26.3%. This reflects a strong trend, as the number rose 13 points since 2011, and 25.3% of people also spend 15 or more hours a week on housework.
13.4% ▲ +2.3%
Higher than 53% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 13.1%
- 2016: 13.3%
- 2021: 13.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
37.5% ▲ +53.6%
Higher than 89% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 24.4%
- 2016: 22.7%
- 2021: 37.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.3% ▼ -4.2%
Higher than 61% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 26.4%
- 2016: 23.8%
- 2021: 25.3%
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 less common here than in most similar areas, with 2.7% of the population having served. This is about the same as the figures for Victoria and Australia.
2.7%
Lower than 72% 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 Bannockburn [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL214002/bannockburn/topic/community