10.0% —
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 25.0%
- 2021: 10.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Woolooma · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Woolooma
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people in Woolooma have served in the Defence Force than in most similar areas. While military service is common, only 10% of residents volunteer, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is much lower here than in most other areas. Only 10% of residents volunteer, which is a little below the New South Wales rate of 13%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
A huge 53.3% of people do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, a figure far above the national average of 20.7%. However, providing unpaid care is much lower than most areas, with only 10% of residents doing so.
10.0% —
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 10.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.3% —
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 8.3%
- 2021: 23.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
53.3% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 11.1%
- 2021: 53.3%
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 very common in Woolooma, with 12.1% of people having served. This is well above the national figure of 2.8%.
12.1%
Higher than 99% 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 Woolooma [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14427/woolooma/topic/community