15.6% —
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.9%
- 2021: 15.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Warkworth · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Warkworth
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Over 40% of people in Warkworth provide unpaid care, making it a place where looking after others is a huge part of daily life. While volunteering is slightly more common here than across Australia, the most striking feature is the very high rate of people supporting family and children at home.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15.6% of residents volunteer, which is a little above the figures for New South Wales and Australia, though this is lower than in most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is very common, with 40.6% of people providing support—far above the national figure of 11.9%. This includes 34.4% of people caring for children unpaid, which is well above the Australian average, while only 9.4% do 15 or more hours of housework, far below the national rate.
40.6% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 13.2%
- 2021: 40.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
34.4% —
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 18.4%
- 2021: 34.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
9.4% —
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 18.4%
- 2021: 9.4%
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.
No one in Warkworth has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is a little below the state and national averages.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Warkworth [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14170/warkworth/topic/community