16.0% ▲ +17.2%
Higher than 65% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 13.6%
- 2016: 12.9%
- 2021: 16.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bulimba · State Electorate
Community Participation in Bulimba
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people in Bulimba provide unpaid childcare than in most other areas, with 28.8% of residents doing so. This reflects a community where volunteering and family support are common, as the local rate of volunteering has also climbed over the last decade.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 16.0% of people helping out, which is a little above the national figure. This is an increase of 2.3 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is higher than most areas at 28.8%, a figure that rose 6.9 percentage points since 2011. However, the proportion of people providing other unpaid care is much lower than most areas at 10.0%, and those doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly are a little below the national figure.
10.0% ▼ 0.0%
Lower than 82% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 10.0%
- 2016: 10.6%
- 2021: 10.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.8% ▲ +31.3%
Higher than 72% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 21.9%
- 2016: 21.6%
- 2021: 28.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.6% ▼ -8.3%
Lower than 73% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 20.3%
- 2016: 18.4%
- 2021: 18.6%
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 2.8% of the population have served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the national figure and around the middle for similar areas.
2.8%
Lower than 51% of state electorate 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 Bulimba [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED30008/bulimba/topic/community