10.1% ▼ -28.1%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.0%
- 2016: 13.6%
- 2021: 10.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bulla · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Bulla
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people volunteer here than in most other similar areas, but Bulla has a much higher rate of unpaid care. While only 10.1% of residents volunteer, 18% provide unpaid care to others, which is well above the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is uncommon here, with only 10.1% of people pitching in. This is well below both the Victorian rate of 13.3% and the Australian figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common in the home, as 26.8% of people do 15 or more hours of housework, well above the national figure. This aligns with a high rate of unpaid care, with 18% of residents caring for others, which is much higher than most areas.
18.0% ▲ +37.9%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.0%
- 2016: 11.6%
- 2021: 18.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.5% ▲ +3.7%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.6%
- 2016: 27.5%
- 2021: 24.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.8% ▲ +10.4%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.3%
- 2016: 20.4%
- 2021: 26.8%
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.
About 2.4% of the population has served in the Defence Force. This is about the same as the figures for both Victoria and Australia.
2.4%
Lower than 54% 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 Bulla [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20381/bulla/topic/community