14.7% ▼ -24.3%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.4%
- 2016: 17.9%
- 2021: 14.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Woolgoolga · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Woolgoolga
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A strong sense of service defines daily life in Woolgoolga, where 3.4% of residents have served in the Defence Force. This is a higher proportion than in most similar areas. While community volunteering is common, the local rate is slightly above the state average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Around 14.7% of people in Woolgoolga volunteer, which is a little above the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and about the same as the national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Providing unpaid care is common here, with 12.2% of residents helping out, a figure about the same as the national average. Roughly 23.7% of people provide unpaid childcare, while 21.0% do 15 or more hours of housework per week.
12.2% ▼ -3.1%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.6%
- 2016: 12.7%
- 2021: 12.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.7% ▼ -1.0%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.9%
- 2016: 22.5%
- 2021: 23.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.0% ▼ -18.8%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.9%
- 2016: 21.7%
- 2021: 21.0%
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.
The community has a notable history of military service, with 3.4% of people having served in the Defence Force, which is a little above the New South Wales rate of 2.3%.
3.4%
Higher than 63% 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 Woolgoolga [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14420/woolgoolga/topic/community