11.9% ▼ -55.2%
Lower than 83% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 26.6%
- 2016: 27.4%
- 2021: 11.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bilbul · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Bilbul
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
About a quarter of people in Bilbul provide unpaid childcare, which is the most common form of community contribution here. While many help raise children, other forms of unpaid work and volunteering have seen a notable decline over the last decade.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering has dropped sharply in Bilbul, falling 15 percentage points since 2011 to just 11.9%. This is much lower than most similar areas and sits a little below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is common at 25.7%, which is about the same as the Australian average. However, other care roles are much lower than most areas, with only 10% providing general unpaid care and 17.6% doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly.
10.0% ▼ -27.3%
Lower than 83% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 13.8%
- 2016: 11.7%
- 2021: 10.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.7% ▼ -13.1%
Higher than 57% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 29.6%
- 2016: 20.7%
- 2021: 25.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
17.6% ▼ -40.8%
Lower than 87% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 29.8%
- 2016: 21.8%
- 2021: 17.6%
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.
No one in Bilbul has served in the Defence Force, placing it among the lowest areas for military service compared to the New South Wales figure of 2.3%.
0.0%
Lower than 99% of urban centre 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 Bilbul [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL122016/bilbul/topic/community