6.0% —
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 34.6%
- 2021: 6.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bohnock · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Bohnock
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than one in five people provide unpaid care in Bohnock, which is among the highest rates for its area type. This high level of caregiving stands in contrast to low rates of formal volunteering and defence service within the small community.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 6.0% of people volunteer here, a figure that is well below the New South Wales rate of 13.0% and among the lowest for similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Caregiving is common in Bohnock, with 20.9% providing unpaid care and 31.3% caring for children unpaid, both of which are well above the national figures. Additionally, 23.9% of residents do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, slightly above the state average.
20.9% —
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 23.1%
- 2021: 20.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
31.3% —
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 46.2%
- 2021: 31.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.9% —
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 28.8%
- 2021: 23.9%
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.
No one in the community has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the Australian average of 2.8%.
0.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality 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).
More for Bohnock
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Community Participation in Bohnock [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10444/bohnock/topic/community