23.2% ▼ -20.0%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.0%
- 2016: 27.3%
- 2021: 23.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Buln Buln East · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Buln Buln East
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly a quarter of people in Buln Buln East volunteer, which is well above the national figure. This community shows a strong commitment to helping others, with high rates of unpaid care and volunteering compared to the rest of the state.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 23.2% of residents volunteer, a figure that is well above both the Victorian average of 13.3% and the national rate of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here; 15.5% of people provide unpaid care, which is much higher than most areas. While only 22.6% of residents provide unpaid childcare, which is well below the national figure, 28.4% do 15 or more hours of housework each week.
15.5% ▲ +19.2%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.0%
- 2016: 14.7%
- 2021: 15.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.6% ▲ +2.9%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.9%
- 2016: 25.9%
- 2021: 22.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.4% ▼ -2.6%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.1%
- 2016: 24.5%
- 2021: 28.4%
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 2.5% of the population have served in the Defence Force, a figure that is roughly the same as the national and state rates.
2.5%
Lower than 53% 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 East [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20391/buln-buln-east/topic/community