11.8% ▼ -33.4%
Lower than 83% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 17.8%
- 2016: 13.1%
- 2021: 11.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bullsbrook - West · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Bullsbrook - West
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly a quarter of people in Bullsbrook - West (L) provide unpaid care for children, making it the most common form of community contribution here. While many residents help out at home, the area has seen a notable drop in traditional volunteering over the last decade.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 11.8% of people here volunteer, which is much lower than most similar areas and well below the Western Australian figure. This is a significant decline from 2011, when 17.8% of the community volunteered.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is provided by 23.3% of residents, a figure that has risen since 2011 but remains well below the national average. Meanwhile, 12.5% of people provide some form of unpaid care, which is a little above the state figure.
12.5% ▲ +39.5%
Lower than 61% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 8.9%
- 2016: 7.5%
- 2021: 12.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.3% ▲ +38.9%
Lower than 56% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 16.8%
- 2016: 26.9%
- 2021: 23.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.0% ▼ -1.9%
Lower than 60% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 23.4%
- 2016: 24.3%
- 2021: 23.0%
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 3.5% of the population has served in the Defence Force, a rate that is about the same as both the state and national figures.
3.5%
Lower than 52% 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 Bullsbrook - West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL522009/bullsbrook-west/topic/community