9.0% ▼ -58.6%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.7%
- 2016: 15.3%
- 2021: 9.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bonshaw · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Bonshaw
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than 33% of people in Bonshaw provide unpaid childcare, a figure well above both the state and national averages. While many residents support their families in this way, other forms of community involvement are less common here.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 9.0% of residents volunteer, which is much lower than most similar areas and well below the Victorian figure of 13.3%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is very common here at 33.7%, though 13.0% of people providing other types of unpaid care is about the same as the state average. Around 20.3% of residents do 15 or more hours of housework a week, which is lower than most areas.
13.0% ▲ +10.6%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.7%
- 2016: 16.5%
- 2021: 13.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
33.7% ▼ -15.0%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 39.6%
- 2016: 29.5%
- 2021: 33.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.3% ▼ -23.7%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.6%
- 2016: 26.7%
- 2021: 20.3%
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.
About 2.8% of the population has served in the Defence Force, a rate that is about the same as the national figure.
2.8%
Higher 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 Bonshaw [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20284/bonshaw/topic/community