12.4% ▼ -20.6%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.6%
- 2016: 17.9%
- 2021: 12.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bonbeach · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Bonbeach
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than a quarter of people in Bonbeach provide unpaid childcare, a figure that is higher than most similar areas. While family care is common, other forms of community involvement are less frequent. This creates a local profile where home-based care takes precedence over wider volunteer work.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 12.4% of residents volunteer, which is much lower than most areas and a little below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is common here, with 28.1% of people providing this care, which is a little above the Victorian average of 26.3%. Meanwhile, 13.3% of people provide some form of unpaid care, and the 18.4% who do 15 or more hours of housework is much lower than most areas.
13.3% ▲ +28.5%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.3%
- 2016: 10.2%
- 2021: 13.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.1% ▲ +12.5%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.0%
- 2016: 28.3%
- 2021: 28.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.4% ▲ +0.6%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.3%
- 2016: 16.4%
- 2021: 18.4%
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.
About 2.5% of the population have served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as both the state and national figures.
2.5%
Lower than 52% 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 Bonbeach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20278/bonbeach/topic/community