13.7% ▲ +0.6%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.6%
- 2016: 16.1%
- 2021: 13.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Woolloomooloo · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Woolloomooloo
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A huge gap exists between Woolloomooloo and the rest of the country regarding unpaid care, with far fewer residents providing home support. While volunteering is common, the area stands out for its high number of former Defence Force members. These patterns reflect a community with very few family care duties.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 13.7% of people in Woolloomooloo volunteer, a figure that is roughly the same as the New South Wales and national rates.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much lower here than in most areas; only 10.3% of people care for children, which is 16 points below the Australian average. Similarly, those doing 15 or more hours of housework (13.2%) and those providing any unpaid care (8.6%) are well below state and national levels.
8.6% ▲ +9.5%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.9%
- 2016: 8.1%
- 2021: 8.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
10.3% ▲ +1.3%
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.2%
- 2016: 9.8%
- 2021: 10.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
13.2% ▲ +59.1%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.3%
- 2016: 7.6%
- 2021: 13.2%
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 more common here than in most areas, with 4.4% of residents having served in the Defence Force. This is a little above the national figure of 2.8%.
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 Woolloomooloo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14424/woolloomooloo/topic/community