51.5% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 24.2%
- 2021: 51.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Woods Point · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Woods Point
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Over half of the people in Woods Point volunteer their time, which is far above the national rate. This high level of community spirit is matched by a strong tendency for residents to provide unpaid care to others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
A striking 51.5% of residents volunteer, a figure that is far above the Victorian average of 13.3% and among the highest for similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 15.2% of people providing such support and 27.3% doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, both well above national figures. In contrast, no one in the area is recorded as providing unpaid child care.
15.2% —
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 18.2%
- 2021: 15.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.3% —
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 27.3%
- 2021: 27.3%
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 Victorian and national averages.
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 Woods Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22840/woods-point/topic/community