18.5% ▼ -6.2%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.7%
- 2016: 21.1%
- 2021: 18.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Woodbridge · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Woodbridge
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement in Woodbridge has remained steady, with nearly one in five residents contributing their time to others. This local commitment is most visible in the high number of people providing unpaid care and the strong volunteering rate, which is well above the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 18.5% of people in Woodbridge volunteer, a rate that is a little above the Western Australian figure and well above the national average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Caregiving is common here, with 14.4% of people providing unpaid care, which is well above the state figure. Around 25.9% of residents care for children unpaid, while 21.7% do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework per week.
14.4% ▲ +34.9%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.7%
- 2016: 10.1%
- 2021: 14.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.9% ▼ -2.6%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.6%
- 2016: 24.7%
- 2021: 25.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.7% ▼ -7.7%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.6%
- 2016: 22.2%
- 2021: 21.7%
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.
Defence service is typical for the region, with 2.7% of residents having served, which is about the same as both the state and national figures.
2.7%
Higher than 50% 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 Woodbridge [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51637/woodbridge/topic/community