20.9% ▼ -13.9%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.2%
- 2016: 23.4%
- 2021: 20.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bonnie Doon · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Bonnie Doon
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A strong spirit of helping others defines daily life in Bonnie Doon, where over one in five people volunteer. This community involvement is well above the national figure and marks a standout feature of the area.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 20.9% of residents volunteer their time, which is well above the 13.3% seen across Victoria and higher than most other similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 15.8% of people providing care and 26.8% doing over 15 hours of housework weekly, both of which are well above national figures. Interestingly, the share of people caring for children unpaid is 18.1%, which is much lower than most areas.
15.8% ▲ +23.7%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.8%
- 2016: 10.1%
- 2021: 15.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
18.1% ▼ -31.3%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.3%
- 2016: 18.5%
- 2021: 18.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.8% ▼ -10.9%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.1%
- 2016: 30.0%
- 2021: 26.8%
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 served in the Defence Force make up 1.8% of the population, a figure that is lower than most areas and about the same as the Victorian average.
1.8%
Lower than 61% 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 Bonnie Doon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20283/bonnie-doon/topic/community