22.3% ▼ -8.7%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.4%
- 2016: 28.8%
- 2021: 22.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Woodlands · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Woodlands
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Well above the national figure, 22.3% of people in Woodlands volunteer their time. This high level of community involvement stands out compared to most other areas. It marks the suburb as a place where many residents actively contribute to local causes.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
More than one in five people volunteer here, which is well above the Western Australian figure of 15.9% and the national rate of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is common, with 30.9% of residents providing this care, a figure well above the Australian average. Other forms of unpaid work, such as providing general care or doing 15 or more hours of housework, are lower than in most areas.
11.7% ▲ +6.1%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.1%
- 2016: 11.5%
- 2021: 11.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.9% ▼ -0.5%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.1%
- 2016: 30.5%
- 2021: 30.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.2% ▼ -21.2%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.8%
- 2016: 24.0%
- 2021: 21.2%
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.
A higher share of residents have served in the Defence Force than in most similar areas, with 3.4% of the population having served.
3.4%
Higher than 62% 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 Woodlands [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51638/woodlands/topic/community