8.4% ▼ -43.1%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.7%
- 2016: 12.1%
- 2021: 8.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Woodford · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Woodford
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Only 8.4% of people in Woodford volunteer, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%. This reflects a broader trend across the area, where rates of unpaid care and community work are much lower than in most other similar places.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Just 8.4% of residents volunteer, a figure that stands among the lowest for similar areas and is well below the 14.1% seen across Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much lower than most areas, with only 14.8% of people caring for children and 8.4% providing general unpaid care. Only 15.2% do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, which is well below the national figure of 20.7%.
8.4% ▼ -1.2%
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.5%
- 2016: 8.3%
- 2021: 8.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
14.8% ▼ -29.8%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.0%
- 2016: 16.7%
- 2021: 14.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
15.2% ▼ -28.8%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.3%
- 2016: 17.1%
- 2021: 15.2%
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.
A higher proportion of people have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, with 3.3% of the population having served. This is about the same as the 2.8% national figure.
3.3%
Higher than 61% 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 Woodford [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33132/woodford/topic/community