13.5% ▼ -9.7%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.9%
- 2016: 16.5%
- 2021: 13.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Wareemba · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Wareemba
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Few residents in Wareemba engage in volunteering compared to similar areas. While 13.5% of people volunteer, the area sees higher than usual rates of unpaid caregiving. These figures show a community more focused on home-based support than external community work.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 13.5% of people volunteer here, which is lower than most areas and roughly the same as the New South Wales and national figures.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common in Wareemba, with 13.7% of people providing care—a rate higher than most areas. This is seen alongside 22.8% of residents doing 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, which is a little above the national figure.
13.7% ▲ +17.9%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.6%
- 2016: 12.3%
- 2021: 13.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.9% ▼ -8.4%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.3%
- 2016: 30.3%
- 2021: 25.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.8% ▲ +2.9%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.2%
- 2016: 21.9%
- 2021: 22.8%
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.
Only 1.3% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is lower than most areas and a little below the New South Wales and Australian averages.
1.3%
Lower than 65% 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 Wareemba [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14166/wareemba/topic/community