20.1% ▼ -25.1%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.9%
- 2016: 32.2%
- 2021: 20.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Woodforde · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Woodforde
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people volunteer in Woodforde than in most similar areas, with 20.1% of residents giving their time. This community shows a strong commitment to helping others, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About one in five people volunteer here, a rate that is well above the South Australian average of 17.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Providing unpaid childcare is much more common here than in most areas, with 31.4% of people involved. This is well above the national figure of 26.3%, though the proportion of people doing 15 or more hours of housework is a little below the state average.
12.7% ▼ -2.0%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.0%
- 2016: 12.1%
- 2021: 12.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
31.4% ▲ +25.5%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.1%
- 2016: 27.6%
- 2021: 31.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.3% ▼ -19.4%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.1%
- 2016: 20.9%
- 2021: 20.3%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 3.2% of the population, which is about the same as the figures for both South Australia and Australia.
3.2%
Higher than 59% 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).
More for Woodforde
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Community Participation in Woodforde [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41638/woodforde/topic/community