11.0% ▼ -23.3%
Lower than 77% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 14.3%
- 2016: 16.2%
- 2021: 11.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bulleen · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Community Participation in Bulleen
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much lower volunteering rates than most similar areas mark Bulleen, where only 11% of people give their time to a cause. While few residents volunteer, the area has one of the highest rates of people providing unpaid care for others in the region.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 11% of people in Bulleen volunteer, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%. This rate has also dropped by 3.3 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for others is very common here, with 16.2% of people providing help, well above the 11.9% national average. However, the share of people caring for children unpaid has fallen to 24.3% since 2011.
16.2% ▲ +26.0%
Higher than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 12.9%
- 2016: 13.0%
- 2021: 16.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.3% ▼ -12.9%
Lower than 64% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 27.9%
- 2016: 25.8%
- 2021: 24.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.8% ▼ -6.6%
Higher than 56% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 23.3%
- 2016: 20.3%
- 2021: 21.8%
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.
Just 1.5% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is much lower than most similar areas and slightly below the Australian average of 2.8%.
1.5%
Lower than 83% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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 Bulleen [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/207021156/bulleen/topic/community