18.4% ▼ -49.8%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.6%
- 2016: 27.6%
- 2021: 18.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Wool Bay · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Wool Bay
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
In Wool Bay, unpaid child care is among the lowest in the country and housework 15h+ is among the highest in the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
18.4% of people in Wool Bay volunteer, down 49.8% since 2011 — around the middle of the range (above both the South Australia average of 17.0% and the national 14.1%).
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
18.4% of people in Wool Bay provide unpaid care to others, up 9.9% since 2011 — well above average (above both the South Australia average of 13.1% and the national 11.9%). 8.8% of people in Wool Bay look after children without pay, down 63.2% since 2011, among the lowest in the country (below both the South Australia average of 26.5% and the national 26.3%). 39.0% of people in Wool Bay do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework a week, up 13.0% since 2011, among the highest in the country (above both the South Australia average of 21.5% and the national 20.7%).
18.4% ▲ +9.9%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.7%
- 2016: 13.4%
- 2021: 18.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
8.8% ▼ -63.2%
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.0%
- 2016: 14.9%
- 2021: 8.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
39.0% ▲ +13.0%
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.5%
- 2016: 31.3%
- 2021: 39.0%
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.
6.3% of people in Wool Bay have served in the Defence Force — well above average (above both the South Australia average of 3.2% and the national 2.8%).
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 Wool Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41649/wool-bay/topic/community