12.7% ▼ -20.0%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.8%
- 2016: 18.4%
- 2021: 12.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bulgarra · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Bulgarra
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Only 4.8% of people in Bulgarra provide unpaid care, which is among the lowest rates for any similar area. This low level of caregiving is mirrored by a generally lower rate of community volunteering compared to other parts of the state.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is less common here than in most areas, with 12.7% of residents giving their time, which is well below the Western Australian figure of 15.9%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is uncommon in Bulgarra, as the 4.8% who provide it is well below the national figure of 11.9%. This trend extends to housework, where the 15.7% of people doing 15 or more hours a week is much lower than most areas.
4.8% ▲ +9.0%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.4%
- 2016: 4.7%
- 2021: 4.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.5% ▲ +17.8%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.5%
- 2016: 27.6%
- 2021: 26.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
15.7% ▲ +7.5%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.6%
- 2016: 18.4%
- 2021: 15.7%
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 2.2% of the population have served in the Defence Force, a figure that is about the same as both the state and national averages.
2.2%
Lower than 58% 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 Bulgarra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50200/bulgarra/topic/community