17.5% ▼ -25.8%
Lower than 51% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 23.6%
- 2016: 24.6%
- 2021: 17.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Warrnambool · Council (LGA)
Community Participation in Warrnambool
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people provide unpaid care in Warrnambool than in most similar areas. While 14.5% of residents provide this support, the number of local volunteers has fallen to 17.5%. Overall, the community shows a strong tendency to support others through both formal and informal roles.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Around 17.5% of residents volunteer, which is well above the figures for Victoria and Australia. However, this is 6.1 percentage points lower than it was in 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Providing unpaid care is common here, with 14.5% of people doing so, a figure that is much higher than most areas. This sits alongside 27% of residents who provide unpaid childcare, though that number has fallen slightly since 2011.
14.5% ▲ +25.6%
Higher than 90% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 11.5%
- 2016: 11.9%
- 2021: 14.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.0% ▼ -9.2%
Higher than 68% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 29.8%
- 2016: 27.8%
- 2021: 27.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.3% ▼ -9.8%
Lower than 57% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 23.6%
- 2016: 21.3%
- 2021: 21.3%
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.
A small number of residents have served in the Defence Force, with 2.4% of the population having done so. This is lower than most areas and about the same as the national figure of 2.8%.
2.4%
Lower than 69% of council (lga) 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 Warrnambool [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA26730/warrnambool/topic/community