19.5% ▼ -14.5%
Higher than 66% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 22.8%
- 2016: 14.5%
- 2021: 19.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bonalbo · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Bonalbo
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly one in five people in Bonalbo volunteer, a figure well above the national average. This small locality shows a strong tendency toward unpaid work and care, though the number of people caring for children has dropped sharply since 2011.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 19.5% of residents giving their time. This is well above the New South Wales figure of 13.0%, although the rate fell 3.3 points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is a significant part of life, as 17.1% of people provide care—well above the national figure of 11.9%. While 28.3% do plenty of housework, the proportion of people caring for children is far below the state average at just 7.6%.
17.1% ▲ +67.3%
Higher than 91% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 10.2%
- 2016: 16.2%
- 2021: 17.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
7.6% ▼ -73.6%
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 28.7%
- 2016: 25.1%
- 2021: 7.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.3% ▼ -19.5%
Higher than 83% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 35.2%
- 2016: 25.5%
- 2021: 28.3%
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.
A small number of residents have served in the Defence Force, at 3.2%. This is lower than most similar areas and about the same as the Australian figure of 2.8%.
3.2%
Lower than 61% of urban centre 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 Bonalbo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL122020/bonalbo/topic/community