11.9% —
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 20.0%
- 2021: 11.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Woodside Beach · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Woodside Beach
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Volunteer rates in Woodside Beach have stayed low since 2011, with only 11.9% of people giving their time. While formal volunteering is rare, a very high number of residents spend a large amount of time on housework.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 11.9% of people here volunteer, which is much lower than most similar areas and a little below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
A striking 40.6% of residents spend 15 or more hours a week on unpaid housework, a figure far above the Victorian average of 20.1%. In contrast, the 18.8% who provide unpaid childcare is well below both the state and national figures.
11.9% —
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 17.5%
- 2021: 11.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
18.8% —
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 23.8%
- 2021: 18.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
40.6% —
Higher than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 30.0%
- 2021: 40.6%
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.
About 2.9% of people in the area have served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the national figure of 2.8%.
2.9%
Higher than 54% 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 Woodside Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22842/woodside-beach/topic/community