6.3% ▼ -40.6%
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.5%
- 2016: 10.6%
- 2021: 6.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Woodpark · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Woodpark
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far fewer people volunteer in Woodpark compared to the rest of the state. Only 6.3% of residents give their time to volunteering, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 13.0%. This gap marks the most striking difference in how the local community participates in unpaid activities.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteer rates are among the lowest for areas of this size, sitting at 6.3%, which is nearly 8 percentage points lower than the national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 12.6% of people providing care and 27.0% looking after children unpaid, both of which are a little above the New South Wales averages.
12.6% ▲ +0.5%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.5%
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 12.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.0% ▼ -21.3%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.4%
- 2016: 33.1%
- 2021: 27.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.7% ▼ -7.3%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.4%
- 2016: 21.1%
- 2021: 21.7%
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.
Only 0.7% of residents have served in the Defence Force, a figure that is a little below both the state and national levels.
0.7%
Lower than 70% 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 Woodpark [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14408/woodpark/topic/community