13.9% ▼ -11.7%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.8%
- 2016: 18.4%
- 2021: 13.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Warners Bay · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Warners Bay
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Higher rates of unpaid care and a strong history of military service set Warners Bay apart from similar areas. While 14.0% of residents provide unpaid care—a figure higher than most areas—community volunteering is less common, with 13.9% of people giving their time.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering in Warners Bay is lower than in most areas. At 13.9%, the local rate is about the same as the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and the national average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 14.0% of people providing care, which is higher than most areas. This is driven by the 28.3% of residents who care for children unpaid, a figure well above the state's 25.3%.
14.0% ▲ +8.4%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.9%
- 2016: 13.8%
- 2021: 14.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.3% ▼ -9.8%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.4%
- 2016: 31.6%
- 2021: 28.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.9% ▼ -12.6%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.2%
- 2016: 24.0%
- 2021: 22.9%
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.
More people in Warners Bay have served in the Defence Force than in most similar areas. At 3.4%, this is a little above the New South Wales rate of 2.3%.
3.4%
Higher than 63% 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 Warners Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14171/warners-bay/topic/community