18.2% ▲ +26.1%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.4%
- 2016: 17.3%
- 2021: 18.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Woodridge · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Woodridge
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Over 30% of people in Woodridge spend 15 or more hours a week on unpaid housework, a figure well above the national average. This high level of domestic work sits alongside a strong volunteering rate and a notable number of former Defence Force members.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 18.2% of people giving their time. This is well above the 14.1% figure for Australia and a little above the Western Australian average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is widespread, with 13.4% of people providing care and 26.8% caring for children. The most striking figure is for housework, where 30.3% of people work 15 or more hours weekly, which is far above the state average.
13.4% ▲ +45.9%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.2%
- 2016: 10.6%
- 2021: 13.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.8% ▲ +17.3%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.8%
- 2016: 27.7%
- 2021: 26.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
30.3% ▼ -4.7%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.8%
- 2016: 32.0%
- 2021: 30.3%
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 more common here than in most areas, with 3.4% of the population having served. This is about the same as the figures for both Western Australia and the rest of the country.
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 Woodridge [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51640/woodridge/topic/community