14.0% ▼ -2.2%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.3%
- 2016: 15.4%
- 2021: 14.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bullsbrook · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Bullsbrook
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than five times as many residents have served in the Defence Force in Bullsbrook compared to the national figure. This level of service stands out as a defining feature of the local population. Other forms of community involvement and unpaid care are generally in line with state and national trends.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14% of people volunteer here, which is lower than most similar areas and a little below the Western Australian figure of 15.9%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Care roles are common, with 28.3% of people caring for children unpaid, while 23.9% do at least 15 hours of housework weekly, a figure well above the national average of 20.7%. Around 11.1% provide other unpaid care, which is lower than most areas.
11.1% ▲ +23.3%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.0%
- 2016: 8.7%
- 2021: 11.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.3% ▼ -5.6%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.0%
- 2016: 28.0%
- 2021: 28.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.9% ▼ -10.1%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.6%
- 2016: 24.6%
- 2021: 23.9%
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.
Defence service is very common in Bullsbrook, with 5.8% of people having served. This is much higher than most areas and more than double the state rate of 2.9%.
5.8%
Higher than 86% 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 Bullsbrook [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50207/bullsbrook/topic/community