26.6% ▼ -1.3%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.9%
- 2016: 35.8%
- 2021: 26.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Woods Point · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Woods Point
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Over a quarter of people in Woods Point volunteer, making it a place where community involvement is far more common than in most other areas. This strong spirit of giving back is seen in the 26.6% of residents who volunteer their time, a figure well above the national average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 26.6% of residents helping out. This is far above the 14.1% national figure and well above the South Australian rate of 17.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While fewer people provide unpaid childcare compared to the state and national figures, more residents do a lot of housework. About 27.8% spend 15 or more hours a week on chores, and 13.9% provide some form of unpaid care.
13.9% ▲ +30.1%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.7%
- 2016: 13.5%
- 2021: 13.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.9% ▼ -17.2%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.2%
- 2016: 19.6%
- 2021: 20.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.8% ▼ -17.2%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.6%
- 2016: 37.2%
- 2021: 27.8%
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.
Military service is much more common in Woods Point than in similar areas. The 6.3% of residents who served in the Defence Force is well above both the South Australian and national figures.
6.3%
Higher than 87% 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 Woods Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41641/woods-point/topic/community