5.2% ▼ -28.5%
Lower than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.2%
- 2016: 9.8%
- 2021: 5.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bonnyrigg Heights · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Bonnyrigg Heights
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community engagement in Bonnyrigg Heights has shifted over the last decade, with very few residents now involved in unpaid work. Only 5.2% of people here volunteer, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is among the lowest for similar areas, with only 5.2% of residents giving their time, well below the New South Wales rate of 13.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Far fewer people provide unpaid childcare (19.3%) or do heavy housework (18.0%) compared to most other areas. However, the share of people providing general unpaid care is 12.5%, which is about the same as the national figure.
12.5% ▲ +1.9%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.2%
- 2016: 12.7%
- 2021: 12.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
19.3% ▼ -23.0%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.1%
- 2016: 24.6%
- 2021: 19.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.0% ▲ +4.9%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.2%
- 2016: 17.5%
- 2021: 18.0%
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 here than in most areas, with 0.4% of the population having served, a little below the Australian average of 2.8%.
0.4%
Lower than 75% 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 Heights [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10470/bonnyrigg-heights/topic/community