55.9% ▲ +4.9%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 53.3%
- 2016: 60.6%
- 2021: 55.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bullaring · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Bullaring
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Over half of the people in Bullaring volunteer their time, which is far more than the national average. This high level of community spirit is matched by a strong tendency for residents to take on unpaid care and housework within their own homes.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteer rates are among the highest of any similar area, with 55.9% of people helping out. This is far above the Western Australian figure of 15.9% and the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, as 30.9% of people do 15 or more hours of housework a week, which is far above the national figure. This trend extends to childcare, with 33.8% of residents providing unpaid care for children, well above most other areas.
14.7% ▲ +44.7%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.2%
- 2016: 6.1%
- 2021: 14.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
33.8% ▲ +11.1%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.4%
- 2016: 37.9%
- 2021: 33.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
30.9% ▼ -4.8%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.4%
- 2016: 21.2%
- 2021: 30.9%
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is a little below both the state and national averages.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Bullaring [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50203/bullaring/topic/community