3.7% —
Lower than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.1%
- 2021: 3.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bulman Weemol · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Bulman Weemol
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A huge 67.4% of people in Bulman Weemol provide unpaid childcare, which is far above the national figure. This high level of family care defines the local community's contribution, even while other forms of formal volunteering remain very low.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 3.7% of people here volunteer, a figure that is far below both the Northern Territory and Australian averages of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Providing care is common here, with 22.5% of people giving unpaid care and 67.4% caring for children, both figures being far above the national average. Meanwhile, 21.4% do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, which is well above the Territory figure.
22.5% —
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 5.6%
- 2021: 22.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
67.4% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 58.5%
- 2021: 67.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.4% —
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.6%
- 2021: 21.4%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 1.6% of the population, which is a little below the Australian average and well below the Northern Territory figure.
1.6%
Lower 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 Bulman Weemol [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70043/bulman-weemol/topic/community