11.7% ▼ -37.8%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.8%
- 2016: 18.0%
- 2021: 11.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Woolomin · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Woolomin
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A much higher proportion of people have served in the Defence Force in Woolomin compared to the rest of the country. While 5.3% of residents have served, only 11.7% of the community volunteers, which is a little below the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is less common here than in most other areas, with only 11.7% of people taking part.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid housework is very common, with 27.8% of people doing 15 or more hours a week, a figure well above the national average of 20.7%. Around 26.8% of residents provide unpaid childcare, which is about the same as the Australian figure.
11.7% ▼ -6.3%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.5%
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 11.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.8% ▼ -3.5%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.8%
- 2016: 27.2%
- 2021: 26.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.8% ▼ -5.1%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.3%
- 2016: 24.0%
- 2021: 27.8%
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.
Defence service is much more common in Woolomin than in most similar areas, with 5.3% of people having served, well above the New South Wales figure of 2.3%.
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 Woolomin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14426/woolomin/topic/community