15.2% ▼ -33.6%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.9%
- 2016: 27.3%
- 2021: 15.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Wooli · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Wooli
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A higher share of people in Wooli have served in the military than in most similar areas. The local community shows a strong commitment to unpaid work, with more residents providing care and managing housework than the state or national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15.2% of people here volunteer, which is a little above the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here; 14.1% of people provide care and 27.1% do over 15 hours of housework, both well above the national figure. However, the 14.3% who care for children unpaid is far below the Australian average of 26.3%.
14.1% ▲ +14.2%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.3%
- 2016: 13.2%
- 2021: 14.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
14.3% ▼ -27.9%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.9%
- 2016: 17.0%
- 2021: 14.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.1% ▼ -23.6%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.5%
- 2016: 27.8%
- 2021: 27.1%
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.
Military service is much more common in Wooli than in most similar areas, with 4.4% of people having served in the Defence Force.
4.4%
Higher than 75% 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 Wooli [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14421/wooli/topic/community