Like many Canberra suburbs, Bonython accommodates a dormitory community, with the working population commuting to places of employment in nearby Tuggeranong or elsewhere within Canberra or Queanbeyan (a nearby city in New South Wales).
Of occupied private dwellings, 57.4% were separate houses, 35.5% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc and 7.2% were flats, units or apartments.