8.5% —
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 20.6%
- 2021: 8.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Woodglen · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Woodglen
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Very few people in Woodglen engage in unpaid care or volunteer work. Only 8.5% of the population volunteer, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is uncommon here, with only 8.5% of people helping out. This is well below the 13.3% seen across Victoria and is among the lowest rates for similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much lower than most areas, with only 6.4% of people providing this support. This includes 21.3% of people caring for children unpaid, and no one reporting 15 or more hours of housework per week.
6.4% —
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 6.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.3% —
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 17.6%
- 2021: 21.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 8.8%
- 2021: 0.0%
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 rare in Woodglen, where 0.0% of residents have served. This is a little below the 2.8% seen across 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 Woodglen [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22837/woodglen/topic/community