16.1% —
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 36.4%
- 2021: 16.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Woodfield · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Woodfield
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement in Woodfield has remained steady, with 16.1% of residents volunteering. While this is lower than in many similar areas, it is still a little above the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16.1% of people volunteer here, which is a little above the 13.3% seen across Victoria and 14.1% for Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is very uncommon here, with 0.0% of people providing care and only 10.7% doing over 15 hours of housework weekly, both far below the national figures.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.1%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.4% —
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 33.3%
- 2021: 21.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
10.7% —
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 15.2%
- 2021: 10.7%
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.
No residents reported serving in the Defence Force, which is a little below the figures for both Victoria and Australia.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Woodfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22835/woodfield/topic/community