31.7% ▼ -13.2%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.5%
- 2016: 43.9%
- 2021: 31.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Old Bonalbo · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Old Bonalbo
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A far higher proportion of people volunteer in Old Bonalbo than in the rest of the state. Nearly 32% of residents give their time to others, creating a community that is much more active in volunteering than the national average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 31.7% of people here are volunteers, which is far above the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and the national average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much less common here than in most areas, with only 13.3% of people caring for children unpaid compared to 26.3% across Australia. About 21.7% of residents do 15 or more hours of housework a week, which is about the same as the state and national figures.
10.0% ▼ -34.2%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.2%
- 2016: 14.0%
- 2021: 10.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
13.3% ▼ -46.2%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.8%
- 2016: 22.8%
- 2021: 13.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.7% ▼ -25.0%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.9%
- 2016: 21.1%
- 2021: 21.7%
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 very common in Old Bonalbo, where 8.5% of people have served. This is well above the 2.3% seen in New South Wales and the 2.8% national average.
8.5%
Higher than 92% 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 Old Bonalbo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13085/old-bonalbo/topic/community