15.4% ▼ -6.2%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.4%
- 2016: 26.5%
- 2021: 15.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Woodview · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Woodview
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Daily life in Woodview involves a high level of unpaid work and service. While fewer people here care for children compared to the state, nearly 20% of residents provide unpaid care, making it one of the highest rates for areas of this type.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15.4% of people in Woodview volunteer, which is a little above the national figure of 14.1% and the New South Wales rate of 13.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Many residents handle significant unpaid work, with 30.8% doing 15 or more hours of housework, far above the Australian figure of 20.7%. This sits alongside a high rate of unpaid care, though the 20.5% who care for children is well below the state average.
19.7% ▲ +17.9%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.7%
- 2016: 13.3%
- 2021: 19.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.5% ▼ -35.5%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.8%
- 2016: 37.2%
- 2021: 20.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
30.8% ▼ -15.2%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.3%
- 2016: 24.8%
- 2021: 30.8%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 5.3% of the population, a figure that is much higher than most similar areas and a little above the 2.8% national average.
5.3%
Higher than 83% 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 Woodview [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14415/woodview/topic/community