15.2% ▼ -3.8%
Lower than 63% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 15.8%
- 2016: 17.4%
- 2021: 15.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Wooli · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Wooli
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A strong tradition of service and home-based work shapes daily life in Wooli. While fewer people here care for children compared to the rest of the state, there is a notable presence of former Defence Force members and those providing unpaid care.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15.2% of people in Wooli volunteer, which is a little above the national figure of 14.1% and has barely changed since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid housework is common here, with 27.1% of people doing 15 or more hours a week, well above the Australian figure of 20.7%. This contrasts with a sharp fall in child care, as the 14.3% of people caring for children unpaid is far below the state average.
14.1% ▲ +8.6%
Higher than 65% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 13.0%
- 2016: 10.9%
- 2021: 14.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
14.3% ▼ -55.0%
Lower than 91% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 31.8%
- 2016: 25.4%
- 2021: 14.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.1% ▼ -5.7%
Higher than 75% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 28.7%
- 2016: 28.0%
- 2021: 27.1%
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.
Former Defence Force members make up 4.4% of the population, which is higher than most similar areas and a little above the national figure of 2.8%.
4.4%
Higher than 69% 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 Wooli [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL121124/wooli/topic/community