14.9% —
Lower than 64% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 21.4%
- 2021: 14.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Woolgoolga · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Woolgoolga
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Lower rates of community contribution mark Woolgoolga compared to most similar areas. While about 14.9% of people volunteer, this is a significant drop from the 21.4% seen in 2016. This trend towards less formal participation is mirrored in unpaid care and housework roles across the area.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Around 14.9% of residents volunteer, which is a little above the New South Wales figure of 13.0%. However, this is a sharp fall from 2016, when 21.4% of the community volunteered.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is less common here than in most similar areas, with 20.7% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework. Similarly, 23.3% care for children unpaid, a figure that is well below the Australian average of 26.3%.
12.2% —
Lower than 64% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 11.7%
- 2021: 12.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.3% —
Lower than 56% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 26.4%
- 2021: 23.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.7% —
Lower than 77% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 23.7%
- 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.
Defence service is around the middle for its level, with 3.4% of the population having served. This is a little above the New South Wales figure of 2.3%.
3.4%
Lower than 55% of urban centre 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 Woolgoolga [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL114035/woolgoolga/topic/community