16.3% ▼ -24.8%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.7%
- 2016: 29.3%
- 2021: 16.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bulga · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Bulga
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than one in three people in Bulga spend their time caring for children without pay, reflecting a strong family focus in the area. This high level of home-based work is paired with a community where people are more likely to volunteer than in other parts of the state.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16.3% of residents volunteer, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and a little above the national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Daily home life is busy here, with 32.0% of people doing 15 or more hours of unpaid housework and 34.5% caring for children—both figures are far above the national average. However, those providing other types of unpaid care sit at 10.0%, which is a little below the Australian figure.
10.0% ▼ -22.5%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.9%
- 2016: 10.6%
- 2021: 10.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
34.5% ▲ +7.9%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.9%
- 2016: 30.7%
- 2021: 34.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
32.0% ▼ -0.9%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.3%
- 2016: 35.0%
- 2021: 32.0%
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.
A higher proportion of the population has served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, with 4.1% of residents having served, which is a little above the national figure of 2.8%.
4.1%
Higher than 73% 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 Bulga [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10648/bulga/topic/community