10.5% ▼ -11.9%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.9%
- 2016: 14.5%
- 2021: 10.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Warragamba · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Warragamba
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Daily life in Warragamba involves a high level of unpaid work at home, though few people volunteer in the wider community. This is a place where 27.7% of people look after children without pay, which is higher than the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 10.5% of residents volunteer, a figure that is much lower than most areas and well below the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
More people here handle unpaid work than in most other areas, with 25.8% spending 15 or more hours a week on housework, well above the national figure of 20.7%. This is consistent with the fact that child care rates are also a little above the New South Wales average.
12.3% ▲ +29.9%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.5%
- 2016: 11.3%
- 2021: 12.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.7% ▼ -5.0%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.1%
- 2016: 30.4%
- 2021: 27.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.8% ▲ +3.3%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.9%
- 2016: 22.8%
- 2021: 25.8%
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.
About 3.1% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the figures for both New South Wales and Australia.
3.1%
Higher than 58% 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 Warragamba [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14176/warragamba/topic/community