11.4% ▼ -31.6%
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.7%
- 2016: 15.6%
- 2021: 11.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Woodburn · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Woodburn
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A higher share of people provide unpaid care in Woodburn compared to most similar areas. While 14.4% of residents offer this support, the town sees much lower levels of volunteering than other communities. This paints a picture of a place where local support is focused more on family and home than on formal community groups.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 11.4% of people in Woodburn volunteer, which is much lower than most areas. This is a little below the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and the national rate of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 14.4% of people providing it, which is higher than most areas. This includes 24.0% who care for children unpaid and 22.3% who spend 15 or more hours a week on housework, a figure slightly above the national average.
14.4% ▲ +17.1%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.3%
- 2016: 15.9%
- 2021: 14.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.0% ▼ -16.9%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.8%
- 2016: 24.8%
- 2021: 24.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.3% ▼ -27.5%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.8%
- 2016: 23.7%
- 2021: 22.3%
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 2.5% of residents have served in the Defence Force. This is around the middle for similar areas and is about the same as the figures for New South Wales and Australia.
2.5%
Lower than 53% 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 Woodburn [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14397/woodburn/topic/community