20.5% ▼ -17.4%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.8%
- 2016: 20.0%
- 2021: 20.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Woodstock · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Woodstock
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than 33% of people in Woodstock spend 15 hours or more each week on unpaid housework. This is a far higher figure than across New South Wales and Australia. While housework is common, the area also has a very strong volunteering rate.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 20.5% of people helping out. This is well above the national figure of 14.1% and higher than most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Very few people provide unpaid care for others at 4.7%, and those caring for children unpaid are well below the national average at 19.5%. However, the rate of people doing heavy unpaid housework is far above the New South Wales figure.
4.7% ▼ -68.6%
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.8%
- 2016: 10.2%
- 2021: 4.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
19.5% ▼ -34.9%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.0%
- 2016: 25.9%
- 2021: 19.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
33.0% ▼ -10.5%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.9%
- 2016: 34.6%
- 2021: 33.0%
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.
About 1.9% of residents have served in the Defence Force. This is lower than most areas and is about the same as the state and national figures.
1.9%
Lower than 60% 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 Woodstock [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14414/woodstock/topic/community