17.4% ▼ -17.8%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.1%
- 2016: 17.7%
- 2021: 17.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Woy Woy Bay · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Woy Woy Bay
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 31% of people in Woy Woy Bay perform at least 15 hours of unpaid housework weekly, which is well above the national figure. This community shows a strong trend of helping others, with high rates of volunteering and unpaid care across the board.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 17.4% of residents giving their time. This is well above the 14.1% seen across Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is a significant part of life for many, as 14.6% of people provide unpaid care and 27.2% look after children. This is higher than most areas, with 30.5% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework a week.
14.6% ▲ +17.2%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.4%
- 2016: 13.8%
- 2021: 14.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.2% ▲ +5.3%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.8%
- 2016: 24.0%
- 2021: 27.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
30.5% ▲ +25.2%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.4%
- 2016: 25.1%
- 2021: 30.5%
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.
A much higher proportion of residents have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, at 4.2%. This is a little above the New South Wales figure of 2.3%.
4.2%
Higher than 74% 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 Woy Woy Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14444/woy-woy-bay/topic/community