36.2% —
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 23.6%
- 2021: 36.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Woottating · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Woottating
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A strong culture of giving has grown in Woottating, where more people now spend their spare time helping others. Over 36% of residents volunteer, which is far above the national figure and one of the highest rates for areas like this.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 36.2% of people pitching in, which is far above the 14.1% seen across Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is a major part of local life, as 25.9% of people provide this support—far above the 11.9% national average. This includes 27.6% who care for children unpaid, a figure slightly above the national average.
25.9% —
Higher than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 23.6%
- 2021: 25.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.6% —
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 25.5%
- 2021: 27.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.7% —
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 29.1%
- 2021: 20.7%
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the 2.8% seen across Australia.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Woottating [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51648/woottating/topic/community