19.6% —
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 33.7%
- 2021: 19.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bull Creek · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Bull Creek
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people provide unpaid care in Bull Creek than in most other similar areas, with 23.7% of residents helping out. This community shows a strong commitment to supporting others, both through formal service and local volunteering.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 19.6% of people here volunteer, which is well above the national figure of 14.1% and a little above the South Australian rate.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While the 23.7% of people providing unpaid care is far above the national figure, those caring for children unpaid (23.7%) and those doing 15 or more hours of housework (21.6%) are around or slightly below state and national levels.
23.7% —
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 20.0%
- 2021: 23.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.7% —
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 31.6%
- 2021: 23.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.6% —
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 38.9%
- 2021: 21.6%
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.
Military service is common here, with 7.1% of residents having served in the Defence Force, a figure well above both the state and national averages.
7.1%
Higher than 89% 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 Bull Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40182/bull-creek/topic/community