12.9% ▼ -5.4%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.6%
- 2016: 14.8%
- 2021: 12.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Woodroffe · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Woodroffe
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much lower volunteering rates mark Woodroffe compared to most similar areas. While few residents volunteer, there is a notably strong presence of people who have served in the Defence Force.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 12.9% of people volunteer here, which is much lower than most areas and a little below the 14.1% national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Nearly 30% of people provide unpaid childcare, a figure well above the Australian average. However, those providing other types of unpaid care or doing heavy housework are less common than in most areas.
10.4% ▲ +53.1%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.8%
- 2016: 8.2%
- 2021: 10.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.7% ▼ -8.6%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.5%
- 2016: 28.6%
- 2021: 29.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
17.8% ▼ -9.1%
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.6%
- 2016: 17.0%
- 2021: 17.8%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 5.6% of the population, which is much higher than in most similar areas.
5.6%
Higher than 86% 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 Woodroffe [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70292/woodroffe/topic/community