8.1% —
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 25.0%
- 2021: 8.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Woodlawn · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Woodlawn
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Very few people in Woodlawn have served in the Defence Force, and volunteering rates have remained low. While the area shows a strong commitment to unpaid housework and care, overall community participation figures sit below state and national levels.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 8.1% of people here volunteer, which is among the lowest for similar areas and well below the 14.1% national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
A higher than usual 27.0% of residents do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, well above the national figure of 20.7%. This sits alongside 13.5% of people providing unpaid care, which is a little above the New South Wales average.
13.5% —
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 10.7%
- 2021: 13.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.0% —
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 28.6%
- 2021: 27.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.0% —
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 25.0%
- 2021: 27.0%
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.
No one in Woodlawn has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is a little below both the state and national averages.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Woodlawn [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14407/woodlawn/topic/community