14.6% ▼ -26.2%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.8%
- 2016: 22.8%
- 2021: 14.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Cape Woolamai · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Cape Woolamai
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Higher than usual rates of unpaid care define Cape Woolamai, where 14.2% of residents provide support for others. While volunteering is lower than in most similar areas, a significant portion of the community is dedicated to home and family duties.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.6% of people here volunteer, which is lower than most similar areas but sits a little above the Victorian figure of 13.3%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common in this area, with 24.1% of residents doing at least 15 hours of housework—well above the national figure of 20.7%. This is consistent with a higher than usual 14.2% of people providing unpaid care and 27.2% caring for children unpaid.
14.2% ▲ +50.9%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.4%
- 2016: 11.9%
- 2021: 14.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.2% ▼ -16.1%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.5%
- 2016: 35.0%
- 2021: 27.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.1% ▼ -3.2%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.9%
- 2016: 26.5%
- 2021: 24.1%
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 less common here than in most similar areas, with only 1.7% of residents having served, which is a little below the Australian figure of 2.8%.
1.7%
Lower than 61% 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 Cape Woolamai [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20475/cape-woolamai/topic/community