17.3% ▼ -21.3%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.0%
- 2016: 24.8%
- 2021: 17.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bulli · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Bulli
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than one in three people in Bulli help look after children without pay, highlighting a strong focus on family and home life. This community is more active in volunteering and unpaid care than the average Australian, making it a place where people give a lot of their own time to support others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 17.3% of residents giving their time. This is well above the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and the national rate of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Family care is a major part of life in Bulli, as 34.5% of people provide unpaid childcare, which is well above the Australian average of 26.3%. This is consistent with other home duties, as 25.6% do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework weekly, well above the national figure of 20.7%.
13.0% ▼ -3.3%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.4%
- 2016: 13.9%
- 2021: 13.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
34.5% ▼ -6.3%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.9%
- 2016: 36.8%
- 2021: 34.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.6% ▼ -0.5%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.7%
- 2016: 24.6%
- 2021: 25.6%
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 typical for the region, with 2.2% of people having served in the Defence Force. This is about the same as the New South Wales rate of 2.3%.
2.2%
Lower than 57% 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 Bulli [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10659/bulli/topic/community