19.8% —
Higher than 85% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2016: 27.1%
- 2021: 19.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Warrnambool · Sub-region (SA3)
Community Participation in Warrnambool
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people in Warrnambool volunteer their time than in most similar areas. While 19.8% of the community helps out, this is a drop from 2016 when the figure was 27.1%. The area also shows a strong trend of residents providing unpaid care and housework.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Nearly one in five people volunteer here, which is well above the Victorian figure of 13.3% and the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common, with 14.5% of people providing care—a figure that rose 2.4 points since 2016. This sits alongside higher than usual rates of people doing 15 or more hours of housework (23.3%) and those caring for children (27.4%).
14.5% —
Higher than 94% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2016: 12.1%
- 2021: 14.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.4% —
Higher than 62% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2016: 28.3%
- 2021: 27.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.3% —
Higher than 73% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2016: 22.9%
- 2021: 23.3%
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 2.5% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is lower than most similar areas and about the same as the national figure of 2.8%.
2.5%
Lower than 63% of sub-region (sa3) 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/sa3/21704/warrnambool/topic/community