19.1% ▼ -14.6%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.4%
- 2016: 23.9%
- 2021: 19.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bonnet Bay · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Bonnet Bay
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Over 30% of people in Bonnet Bay provide unpaid childcare, which is well above the national figure. This community shows high levels of unpaid work and a strong commitment to volunteering compared to other parts of the state.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 19.1% of residents volunteer, a figure that is well above both the New South Wales and Australian averages.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 30.2% of people caring for children and 27.2% doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, both well above the national figures. Meanwhile, 12.1% of people provide other types of unpaid care, which is about the same as the state and national levels.
12.1% ▼ -15.4%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.2%
- 2016: 13.8%
- 2021: 12.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.2% ▼ -7.1%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.5%
- 2016: 36.2%
- 2021: 30.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.2% ▲ +1.5%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.8%
- 2016: 24.8%
- 2021: 27.2%
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 3.0% of the population, which is about the same as the figures for New South Wales and Australia.
3.0%
Higher than 55% 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 Bonnet Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10467/bonnet-bay/topic/community