15.4% ▼ -23.2%
Higher than 60% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 20.0%
- 2016: 20.2%
- 2021: 15.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bonner · Federal Electorate
Community Participation in Bonner
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than 30% of people in Bonner provide unpaid child care, which is well above the national figure. This high level of family care is a key feature of the area, though the number of local volunteers has fallen since 2011.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15.4% of residents volunteer, which is a little above the Queensland and Australian figures. This is a drop from 2011, when 20% of the community volunteered.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid child care is very common here, with 30.4% of people providing it—well above the national rate of 26.3%. Meanwhile, those providing other unpaid care or doing 15+ hours of housework are around the middle for similar areas.
11.9% ▲ +13.1%
Higher than 50% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 10.5%
- 2016: 11.1%
- 2021: 11.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.4% ▲ +0.6%
Higher than 88% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 30.2%
- 2016: 30.5%
- 2021: 30.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.3% ▼ -2.1%
Higher than 57% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 21.8%
- 2016: 20.8%
- 2021: 21.3%
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.
People who have served in the Defence Force make up 2.9% of the population, which is about the same as the figures for Queensland and Australia.
2.9%
Higher than 54% of federal 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 Bonner [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED302/bonner/topic/community