12.1% ▼ -6.2%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.9%
- 2016: 15.8%
- 2021: 12.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Woodville West · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Woodville West
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer than 13% of people in Woodville West volunteer their time, which is a much lower rate than most similar areas. This suggests a community where residents are less likely to engage in formal unpaid work compared to the rest of the state.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 12.1% of residents volunteer, a figure that is well below the South Australian average of 17.0% and a little below the national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is common here, with 27.2% of people providing this care, which is higher than most areas. However, the 19.2% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework is much lower than in most other areas.
12.0% ▼ -0.2%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.0%
- 2016: 12.3%
- 2021: 12.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.2% ▲ +5.6%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.8%
- 2016: 25.9%
- 2021: 27.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.2% ▼ -8.8%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.0%
- 2016: 18.4%
- 2021: 19.2%
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.
About 2.3% of the population have served in the Defence Force, which is around the middle for its level and about the same as the figures for South Australia and Australia.
2.3%
Lower than 56% 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 Woodville West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41648/woodville-west/topic/community