14.6% ▼ -12.9%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.8%
- 2016: 19.3%
- 2021: 14.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Woodcroft · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Woodcroft
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
About 29.4% of people in Woodcroft provide unpaid child care, a figure well above the national average. This high rate of family support stands out as the most striking feature of community life in the area. While many residents focus on family, other forms of community and national service are less common.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.6% of residents volunteer, which is lower than most similar areas and a little below the South Australian figure of 17.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Providing unpaid care for children is common here, with 29.4% of people doing so, which is well above the Australian average. Meanwhile, 13.0% of people provide general unpaid care, a figure that sits around the middle for similar areas.
13.0% ▲ +13.2%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.5%
- 2016: 11.7%
- 2021: 13.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.4% ▼ -14.9%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.6%
- 2016: 31.8%
- 2021: 29.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.0% ▼ -11.2%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.6%
- 2016: 21.3%
- 2021: 21.0%
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.
A higher proportion of people in Woodcroft have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, with 3.8% of the population having served.
3.8%
Higher 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 Woodcroft [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41637/woodcroft/topic/community