16.5% ▼ -20.9%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.8%
- 2016: 20.0%
- 2021: 16.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bilbul · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Bilbul
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people in Bilbul provide unpaid care and volunteer than in most similar areas. While 16.5% of residents volunteer, a higher than usual proportion of the community also spends their time caring for others and children.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 16.5% of people helping out. This is well above the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and a little above the national average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is a significant part of life in Bilbul, where 14.6% of people provide care and 27.7% look after children, both of which are higher than most areas. However, the 19.0% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework is much lower than in most other places.
14.6% ▲ +23.6%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.8%
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 14.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.7% ▼ -25.0%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.9%
- 2016: 31.7%
- 2021: 27.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.0% ▼ -27.5%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.1%
- 2016: 20.9%
- 2021: 19.0%
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 less common here than in most areas, with only 1.0% of residents having served. This is a little below the figures for both New South Wales and Australia widerly.
1.0%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality 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 Bilbul [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10348/bilbul/topic/community