33.3% —
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 60.0%
- 2021: 33.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Wooroonook · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Wooroonook
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A third of residents in Wooroonook volunteer their time, which is a far higher rate than in most other areas. This reflects a community where unpaid work and helping others is a significant part of daily life.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 33.3% of people volunteer here, which 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.
Unpaid work is very common, with 50% of residents doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly and 37.5% caring for children unpaid, both figures being far above the national average. Meanwhile, 12.5% provide unpaid care, which is about the same as the figures for Victoria and Australia.
12.5% —
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 16.0%
- 2021: 12.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
37.5% —
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 37.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
50.0% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 32.0%
- 2021: 50.0%
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.
No one in Wooroonook has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the state and national rates.
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 Wooroonook [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22862/wooroonook/topic/community