10.3% ▼ -48.9%
Lower than 83% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 20.3%
- 2016: 21.0%
- 2021: 10.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bonney · State Electorate
Community Participation in Bonney
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Just 10.3% of people in Bonney volunteer their time, which is well below the national figure. This low level of community involvement is part of a broader trend where unpaid care and housework have also seen a sharp decline over the last decade.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering in Bonney has fallen steeply since 2011, dropping nearly 10 points to just 10.3%. This is much lower than most similar areas and well below the 14.1% seen across Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is much less common here than in other areas, with only 20.8% of people caring for children and 16.6% doing significant housework. While these figures have fallen since 2011, the proportion of people providing other types of unpaid care rose slightly to 10.1%.
10.1% ▲ +9.4%
Lower than 82% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 9.2%
- 2016: 9.6%
- 2021: 10.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.8% ▼ -32.9%
Lower than 88% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 31.0%
- 2016: 29.6%
- 2021: 20.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
16.6% ▼ -30.6%
Lower than 86% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 23.9%
- 2016: 21.6%
- 2021: 16.6%
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 has served in the Defence Force, which is lower than most similar areas and a little below the Queensland figure of 3.9%.
2.5%
Lower than 61% of state electorate 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 Bonney [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED30005/bonney/topic/community