18.6% ▼ -23.7%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.3%
- 2016: 25.4%
- 2021: 18.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Woodford · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Woodford
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people in Woodford have taken on unpaid roles and community duties over the last decade. This is an active area where 18.6% of residents volunteer, a figure well above the national average of 14.1%.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Local residents are very active in their community, with 18.6% volunteering, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 13.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, with 30.3% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly—well above the national figure of 20.7%. This is alongside 14.0% of people providing unpaid care, which is a little above the state average.
14.0% ▼ -2.4%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.4%
- 2016: 14.3%
- 2021: 14.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.5% ▼ -17.6%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.2%
- 2016: 29.5%
- 2021: 26.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
30.3% ▲ +0.3%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.2%
- 2016: 25.8%
- 2021: 30.3%
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.
The area has a higher proportion of veterans than most, with 3.3% of residents having served in the Defence Force.
3.3%
Higher than 61% 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 Woodford [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14401/woodford/topic/community