15.0% ▼ -23.2%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.5%
- 2016: 21.8%
- 2021: 15.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Woonona · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Woonona
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement in Woonona has remained steady, with 15% of residents volunteering their time. This is about the same as the national figure, though the area sees more people stepping up for unpaid family care than in most similar places.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15% of people in Woonona volunteer, which is a little above the New South Wales figure of 13% and nearly identical to the Australian average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 28.8% of people caring for children—a rate well above the state average. This trend is mirrored in housework, where 23.5% of residents spend 15 or more hours a week on chores.
12.9% ▲ +4.2%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.3%
- 2016: 13.3%
- 2021: 12.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.8% ▼ -10.7%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.2%
- 2016: 32.6%
- 2021: 28.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.5% ▼ -2.6%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.2%
- 2016: 22.7%
- 2021: 23.5%
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 2.7% of the population, which is about the same as the 2.3% seen across New South Wales.
2.7%
Higher than 51% 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 Woonona [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14434/woonona/topic/community