12.4% ▼ -34.4%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.8%
- 2016: 16.7%
- 2021: 12.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Woolooga · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Woolooga
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement in Woolooga has shifted over the last decade, with a strong presence of former service members now. While few people volunteer compared to other areas, there is a significant number of residents providing unpaid care to others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 12.4% of residents volunteer their time, 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.
The local area has a much higher rate of unpaid carers than most places, at 16.1%. This contrasts with children's care, where only 16.5% of people provide unpaid help—well below the 26.3% national average.
16.1% ▲ +9.3%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.7%
- 2016: 17.2%
- 2021: 16.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
16.5% ▼ -27.0%
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.6%
- 2016: 25.6%
- 2021: 16.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.3% ▼ -13.1%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.0%
- 2016: 25.1%
- 2021: 24.3%
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.
A much higher proportion of the population has served in the Defence Force compared to most areas. At 5.6%, this is a little above both the Queensland figure of 3.9% and the Australian average of 2.8%.
5.6%
Higher than 86% 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 Woolooga [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33147/woolooga/topic/community