17.5% ▼ -29.7%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.8%
- 2016: 20.3%
- 2021: 17.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Woodbury · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Woodbury
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Woodbury is a community where residents are more likely to step up and help others than people in most similar areas. A striking 17.5% of the population volunteer their time, which is well above the national figure. This spirit of contribution extends to unpaid care and support within the home.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 17.5% of people giving their time. This is well above the 14.1% seen across both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
About 15.0% of residents provide unpaid care, which is higher than most areas and well above the national figure of 11.9%. Meanwhile, 26.2% of people provide unpaid childcare, a rate about the same as the state and national averages.
15.0% ▲ +16.8%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.8%
- 2016: 10.7%
- 2021: 15.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.2% ▼ -6.2%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.9%
- 2016: 26.3%
- 2021: 26.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.7% ▼ -29.4%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.3%
- 2016: 26.0%
- 2021: 20.7%
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 less common in Woodbury than in other areas. Only 0.8% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is well below the Queensland figure of 3.9%.
0.8%
Lower than 69% 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 Woodbury [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33129/woodbury/topic/community