7.6% ▼ -46.9%
Lower than 93% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 14.4%
- 2016: 11.3%
- 2021: 7.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Woodford · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Woodford
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Very few people in Woodford contribute through unpaid work or volunteering compared to similar areas. Only 7.6% of residents volunteer, which is well below the national figure and a significant drop from previous years.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering has fallen sharply since 2011, with only 7.6% of people now giving their time. This is well below the 14.1% seen across Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much lower here than in the rest of the state, with only 13.8% of people caring for children and 14.3% doing 15 or more hours of housework. People providing other types of unpaid care also sit well below the national figure at 8.2%.
8.2% ▼ -4.8%
Lower than 90% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 8.6%
- 2016: 8.2%
- 2021: 8.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
13.8% ▼ -30.9%
Lower than 92% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 20.1%
- 2016: 14.9%
- 2021: 13.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
14.3% ▼ -31.5%
Lower than 91% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 20.8%
- 2016: 15.7%
- 2021: 14.3%
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.
About 3.2% of the population has served in the Defence Force. This is lower than in most other areas, though it is about the same as the figures for Queensland and Australia.
3.2%
Lower than 60% 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 Woodford [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL315104/woodford/topic/community