8.5% ▼ -29.6%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.1%
- 2016: 13.0%
- 2021: 8.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mount Warrigal · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Mount Warrigal
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher levels of unpaid care than most similar areas define the community profile of Mount Warrigal. While 15.1% of residents provide unpaid care, very few people here take part in formal volunteering compared to the rest of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 8.5% of residents volunteer, which is among the lowest rates for areas of this type and well below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, with 24.5% of people spending 15 or more hours a week on housework, a figure well above the New South Wales average. This is consistent with the 15.1% of residents who provide unpaid care, which is much higher than most other areas.
15.1% ▲ +2.1%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.8%
- 2016: 14.5%
- 2021: 15.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.2% ▼ -12.1%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.7%
- 2016: 30.4%
- 2021: 25.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.5% ▼ -8.2%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.7%
- 2016: 24.2%
- 2021: 24.5%
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 2.2% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the figures for New South Wales and Australia.
2.2%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality 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 Mount Warrigal [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12812/mount-warrigal/topic/community