8.6% ▼ -32.3%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.7%
- 2016: 13.4%
- 2021: 8.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Woodbine · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Woodbine
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer than 9% of people volunteer their time in Woodbine, a rate that is well below both the state and national figures. While formal volunteering is low, more people here provide unpaid care for children and the home compared to the usual Australian patterns.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 8.6% of residents volunteer, which is among the lowest for similar areas and well below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
More people here provide unpaid care for children (27.2%) than in most areas. This is consistent with a slightly higher rate of people doing at least 15 hours of unpaid housework and general unpaid care.
13.2% ▲ +11.5%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.8%
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 13.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.2% ▼ -5.6%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.8%
- 2016: 29.7%
- 2021: 27.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.7% ▲ +4.1%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.8%
- 2016: 20.8%
- 2021: 22.7%
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 2.2% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the figures for both New South Wales and Australia.
2.2%
Lower than 58% 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 Woodbine [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14396/woodbine/topic/community