26.0% ▼ -11.9%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.6%
- 2016: 36.9%
- 2021: 26.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Buln Buln · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Buln Buln
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people volunteer here than in most similar areas, making Buln Buln a highly active community. A striking 26% of residents give their time to volunteer work, which is nearly double the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common in Buln Buln, with 26% of people pitching in. This is far above the 13.3% seen across Victoria and 14.1% for Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Care roles are frequent here, as 31.9% of residents provide unpaid childcare, which is well above the national figure of 26.3%. Around 23% do 15 or more hours of housework a week, while 13.5% provide some form of unpaid care.
13.5% ▲ +14.4%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.8%
- 2016: 11.5%
- 2021: 13.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
31.9% ▼ -8.0%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.6%
- 2016: 31.5%
- 2021: 31.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.0% ▼ -29.3%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.6%
- 2016: 26.4%
- 2021: 23.0%
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.
About 2.7% of the population has served in the Defence Force. This is about the same as the 2.8% national figure and the 2% seen across Victoria.
2.7%
Higher than 51% 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 Buln Buln [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20390/buln-buln/topic/community