19.8% ▼ -1.1%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.0%
- 2016: 28.4%
- 2021: 19.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bonniefield · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Bonniefield
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Local involvement has remained steady in Bonniefield, where nearly one in five people volunteer. This is well above the national figure and shows a community with a strong habit of helping others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 19.8% of people volunteer their time, which is well above the figures for both Western Australia and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While far fewer people provide unpaid childcare than in most areas, a much higher proportion—34.5%—spend 15 or more hours a week on unpaid housework. This is far above the national figure of 20.7%.
10.7% ▲ +62.0%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.6%
- 2016: 11.6%
- 2021: 10.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
18.1% ▼ -38.9%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.6%
- 2016: 22.6%
- 2021: 18.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
34.5% ▼ -3.4%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.7%
- 2016: 40.6%
- 2021: 34.5%
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 2.3% of the population, which is about the same as the state and national figures.
2.3%
Lower than 56% 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 Bonniefield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50142/bonniefield/topic/community