25.6% ▼ -6.9%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.5%
- 2016: 36.3%
- 2021: 25.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Woodford · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Woodford
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
One in four people in Woodford volunteer, making it a place where locals are far more active in their community than in most other areas. This spirit of helping out is seen in both official volunteering and the high rates of unpaid care provided at home.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 25.6% of people giving their time. This is far above the Victorian figure of 13.3% and the national average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Daily life involves a lot of unpaid work, as 40% of people care for children and 30.9% spend 15 or more hours a week on housework. Both figures are far above the national and state averages. Overall, 14.7% of residents provide unpaid care, which is a little above the typical Australian rate.
14.7% ▲ +47.4%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.0%
- 2016: 12.4%
- 2021: 14.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
40.0% ▲ +3.3%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 38.7%
- 2016: 37.8%
- 2021: 40.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
30.9% ▲ +5.6%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.3%
- 2016: 30.1%
- 2021: 30.9%
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 more common here than in most areas, with 4% of people having served in the Defence Force. This is a little above the 2% seen across Victoria.
4.0%
Higher than 72% 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 Woodford [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22836/woodford/topic/community