21.9% ▲ +5.1%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.8%
- 2016: 24.8%
- 2021: 21.9%
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.
Nearly 33% of people in Bull Creek provide unpaid childcare, which is much higher than most other areas. This highlights a community where a large number of residents are active in both family care and wider volunteer work.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteer rates are high here, with 21.9% of residents helping out. This is well above the Western Australian figure of 15.9% and the national average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common, as 32.5% of people care for children, well above the national figure of 26.3%. Additionally, 24.1% spend 15 or more hours a week on housework, which is well above both state and national levels.
12.1% ▲ +24.4%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.7%
- 2016: 10.5%
- 2021: 12.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
32.5% ▲ +33.1%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.4%
- 2016: 28.0%
- 2021: 32.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.1% ▼ -2.0%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.6%
- 2016: 24.1%
- 2021: 24.1%
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.
A higher than usual share of the population has served in the Defence Force, at 3.4%. This is about the same as the figures for Western Australia and the rest of the country.
3.4%
Higher than 62% 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/SAL50201/bull-creek/topic/community