Upper Woodstock · Suburb / Locality

Community Participation in Upper Woodstock

How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.

More than 31% of people provide unpaid childcare in Upper Woodstock, a figure well above the national average. While many residents contribute through childcare and housework, the area has a very low rate of formal unpaid care for others.

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📍 Upper Woodstock, Suburb / Locality

Where Upper Woodstock sits — Volunteers

18.5%
  • 0.0%–1.8%: 241 areas
  • 1.8%–3.6%: 57 areas
  • 3.6%–5.4%: 119 areas
  • 5.4%–7.1%: 263 areas
  • 7.1%–8.9%: 469 areas
  • 8.9%–10.7%: 671 areas
  • 10.7%–12.5%: 935 areas
  • 12.5%–14.3%: 1212 areas
  • 14.3%–16.1%: 1222 areas
  • 16.1%–17.9%: 1127 areas
  • 17.9%–19.6%: 1134 areas
  • 19.6%–21.4%: 962 areas
  • 21.4%–23.2%: 792 areas
  • 23.2%–25.0%: 619 areas
  • 25.0%–26.8%: 546 areas
  • 26.8%–28.6%: 424 areas
  • 28.6%–30.4%: 402 areas
  • 30.4%–32.1%: 275 areas
  • 32.1%–33.9%: 259 areas
  • 33.9%–35.7%: 189 areas
  • 35.7%–37.5%: 181 areas
  • 37.5%–39.3%: 141 areas
  • 39.3%–41.1%: 95 areas
  • 41.1%–42.9%: 84 areas
  • 42.9%–44.6%: 83 areas
  • 44.6%–46.4%: 75 areas
  • 46.4%–48.2%: 55 areas
  • 48.2%–50.0%: 264 areas

All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Upper Woodstock — higher than 52% of areas.

Volunteers compared with the state and national average
Upper Woodstock18.5%
7150, TAS 23.4%
Tasmania 18.0%
Australia 14.1%

Participation

Volunteering for organisations and groups.

About 18.5% of people volunteer here, which is similar to the Tasmanian figure and well above the 14.1% seen across Australia.

18.5%

Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 5.6%
  • 2021: 18.5%

Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.

Unpaid care & work

Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.

Childcare is common, with 31.5% of people caring for children unpaid, and 27.8% doing over 15 hours of housework weekly. Both figures are well above the national average, yet no one here provides other forms of unpaid care.

0.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 14.8%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.

31.5%

Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 25.9%
  • 2021: 31.5%

Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.

27.8%

Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 27.8%
  • 2021: 27.8%

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 Upper Woodstock has served in the Defence Force, which is well below the 4% seen in Tasmania.

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 Upper Woodstock [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60711/upper-woodstock/topic/community