20.4% ▼ -17.2%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.6%
- 2016: 29.0%
- 2021: 20.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Woolwich · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Woolwich
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Over one in five people in Woolwich volunteer, a figure that is well above the national average. This high level of community involvement stands out as the most striking feature of the local area's social participation.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 20.4% of residents volunteer their time, which is higher than most similar areas and well above the 14.1% national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Few residents provide unpaid care for children, at 21.3%, which is well below the Australian figure. Around 22.4% do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, and 11.3% provide some form of unpaid care, both of which are lower than in most areas.
11.3% ▼ -22.5%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.6%
- 2016: 14.9%
- 2021: 11.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.3% ▼ -17.4%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.8%
- 2016: 24.5%
- 2021: 21.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.4% ▲ +5.3%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.3%
- 2016: 16.7%
- 2021: 22.4%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 1.9% of the population, which is lower than most similar areas and about the same as the national figure of 2.8%.
1.9%
Lower than 60% 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 Woolwich [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14430/woolwich/topic/community