13.6% ▼ -12.3%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.6%
- 2016: 16.2%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bondi · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Bondi
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much lower rates of unpaid care and housework mark Bondi compared to the rest of the state. While 13.6% of people volunteer, the area stands out for having far fewer residents providing unpaid support to others than the national average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 13.6% of residents giving their time. This is about the same as the figures for both New South Wales and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much lower than in most areas. Only 18.8% of people care for children unpaid and 12.9% do 15 or more hours of housework, both figures sitting well below the state and national totals.
7.9% ▲ +11.5%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.1%
- 2016: 7.5%
- 2021: 7.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
18.8% ▲ +3.7%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.1%
- 2016: 19.9%
- 2021: 18.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
12.9% ▲ +27.2%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.1%
- 2016: 9.3%
- 2021: 12.9%
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.
Defence service is less common in Bondi than in most similar areas. Only 1.1% of people have served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the New South Wales and Australian figures.
1.1%
Lower than 66% 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).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Community Participation in Bondi [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10462/bondi/topic/community