9.3% ▼ -30.1%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.3%
- 2016: 14.2%
- 2021: 9.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Woodrising · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Woodrising
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 30% of people in Woodrising provide unpaid childcare, which is well above the national figure. While unpaid care and housework are common here, the area has a much lower rate of volunteering than most other places.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 9.3% of residents volunteer, a figure that is well below both the New South Wales and Australian averages.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common in the area, with 14.9% of people providing care and 29.4% looking after children, both of which are well above the state and national figures. About 22.8% of people also do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, which is a little above the national average.
14.9% ▲ +19.2%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.5%
- 2016: 13.1%
- 2021: 14.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.4% ▼ -13.3%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.9%
- 2016: 33.7%
- 2021: 29.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.8% ▼ -5.7%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.2%
- 2016: 21.9%
- 2021: 22.8%
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.
A higher than usual proportion of the community has served in the Defence Force, with 3.7% of residents having served, which is a little above the New South Wales figure.
3.7%
Higher than 67% 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 Woodrising [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14409/woodrising/topic/community