9.5% ▼ -23.6%
Lower than 85% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 12.5%
- 2016: 15.3%
- 2021: 9.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Warnervale - Wadalba · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Community Participation in Warnervale - Wadalba
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than 32% of people in Warnervale - Wadalba spend their time caring for children without pay, a figure well above the national average. This high level of family care contrasts with a low trend of community volunteering, which has dropped over the last decade.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 9.5% of people here volunteer, which is much lower than most similar areas. This figure is well below the national average of 14.1% and has fallen by 2.9 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
The area has a high rate of unpaid work, with 32.2% of people caring for children and 22.3% spending 15 or more hours a week on housework. Meanwhile, 11.8% provide other types of unpaid care, which is about the same as the national figure.
11.8% ▲ +7.9%
Lower than 58% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 10.9%
- 2016: 12.7%
- 2021: 11.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
32.2% ▼ -12.8%
Higher than 86% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 37.0%
- 2016: 36.7%
- 2021: 32.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.3% ▼ -15.6%
Higher than 61% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 26.4%
- 2016: 22.9%
- 2021: 22.3%
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.
Defence Force veterans make up 2.2% of the population. This is lower than most similar areas and slightly below the 2.8% seen across Australia.
2.2%
Lower than 68% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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 Warnervale - Wadalba [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/102021056/warnervale-wadalba/topic/community