12.9% ▼ -25.0%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.2%
- 2016: 19.1%
- 2021: 12.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Woolooware · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Woolooware
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Only 12.9% of people in Woolooware volunteer, a rate that is much lower than most similar areas. While this is about the same as the New South Wales figure, it falls slightly below the national average. Overall, community participation and unpaid care in the area align closely with state and national patterns.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteer rates in Woolooware are much lower than in most similar areas. At 12.9%, this is a little below the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
About 26.3% of residents provide unpaid childcare, which is about the same as the national figure. However, the proportion of people doing 15 or more hours of unpaid housework is lower than in most areas.
10.7% ▼ -15.6%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.7%
- 2016: 12.2%
- 2021: 10.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.3% ▼ -21.2%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.4%
- 2016: 32.3%
- 2021: 26.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.2% ▼ -12.6%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.0%
- 2016: 20.5%
- 2021: 20.2%
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.
Around 2.3% of the population has served in the Defence Force. This is about the same as the rate across both New South Wales and Australia.
2.3%
Lower than 56% 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 Woolooware [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14428/woolooware/topic/community