9.1% ▼ -23.9%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.9%
- 2016: 16.0%
- 2021: 9.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Woodcroft · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Woodcroft
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement in Woodcroft has remained relatively low over the last decade. Only 9.1% of residents volunteer their time, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%. This suggests a community where few people engage in formal unpaid work compared to other Australian areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Just 9.1% of people in Woodcroft volunteer, a figure that is much lower than most similar areas and well below the New South Wales average of 13.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
About 25.5% of residents provide unpaid childcare, which is roughly the same as the national figure. However, those providing other types of unpaid care are much less common here than in most areas, at 9.7%.
9.7% ▲ +0.3%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.6%
- 2016: 10.3%
- 2021: 9.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.5% ▼ -13.5%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.5%
- 2016: 29.4%
- 2021: 25.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.6% ▲ +5.5%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.5%
- 2016: 18.8%
- 2021: 20.6%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 0.5% of the population, which is lower than most areas and a little below the New South Wales figure of 2.3%.
0.5%
Lower than 71% 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 Woodcroft [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14399/woodcroft/topic/community