33.3% —
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 15.0%
- 2021: 33.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Woolooman · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Woolooman
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A third of residents in Woolooman give their time as volunteers, making it a place where community contribution is far more common than in most other areas. Daily life is marked by high levels of unpaid support, with many people balancing home duties alongside their other commitments.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 33.3% of people helping out. This is far above the 14.1% seen across both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is a major part of life, as 44.4% of people care for children and 33.3% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, both figures being far above the national average. Meanwhile, 11.1% provide other unpaid care, which is about the same as the state and national figures.
11.1% —
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 15.0%
- 2021: 11.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
44.4% —
Higher than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 25.0%
- 2021: 44.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
33.3% —
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 20.0%
- 2021: 33.3%
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is well below the Queensland average of 3.9%.
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 Woolooman [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33148/woolooman/topic/community