5.6% ▼ -22.9%
Lower than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.3%
- 2016: 8.8%
- 2021: 5.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bonnyrigg · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Bonnyrigg
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement has shifted in Bonnyrigg, where only 5.6% of people now volunteer. This is among the lowest rates for similar areas and sits well below the national figure of 14.1%. Residents are also less likely to provide unpaid care or housework compared to the state and national averages.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 5.6% of residents volunteer their time, which is well below the New South Wales rate of 13.0% and the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Far fewer people here do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework (16.3%) or care for children unpaid (20.7%) compared to the national typicals. However, the 11.8% of people providing general unpaid care is about the same as the figures for Australia and New South Wales.
11.8% ▲ +1.1%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.6%
- 2016: 13.2%
- 2021: 11.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.7% ▼ -15.1%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.4%
- 2016: 24.0%
- 2021: 20.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
16.3% ▼ 0.0%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.3%
- 2016: 17.1%
- 2021: 16.3%
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.
A small number of residents have served in the Defence Force, at 0.3%, which is a little below the national figure of 2.8%.
0.3%
Lower than 76% 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 Bonnyrigg [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10469/bonnyrigg/topic/community