25.4% ▲ +12.2%
Higher than 88% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 22.7%
- 2016: 22.9%
- 2021: 25.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bonville · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Bonville
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A quarter of residents in Bonville volunteer their time, which is far above the national figure. This community is highly active in giving back, with more people helping out now than in 2011. It is a place where many people dedicate a significant amount of their spare time to others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 25.4% of people helping out. This is far above the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and has risen by 2.8 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Many residents take on unpaid responsibilities, with 15.3% providing unpaid care and 29.9% doing over 15 hours of housework weekly, both of which are well above the national figures. Around 25.1% care for children unpaid, which is about the same as the state average.
15.3% ▲ +6.5%
Higher than 79% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 14.3%
- 2016: 16.5%
- 2021: 15.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.1% ▲ +2.5%
Higher than 54% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 24.5%
- 2016: 26.7%
- 2021: 25.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
29.9% ▼ -10.7%
Higher than 89% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 33.5%
- 2016: 25.9%
- 2021: 29.9%
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.
Defence service is more common here than in most similar areas, with 4.6% of people having served in the Defence Force. This is a little above both the state and national figures.
4.6%
Higher than 72% 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 Bonville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL122023/bonville/topic/community