20.7% —
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 37.9%
- 2021: 20.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Warragoon · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Warragoon
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than one in five people in Warragoon volunteer, a figure well above the national average. This high level of community spirit is a standout feature for the area, where residents are far more likely to give their time than people in most other parts of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Around 20.7% of people here volunteer, which is well above the 14.1% national figure and the 13.0% rate for New South Wales.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 25.6% of people provide unpaid childcare—about the same as the national figure—nearly 30% do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, which is much higher than most areas. Interestingly, only 4.9% of the population provide other forms of unpaid care, a rate well below the national figure of 11.9%.
4.9% —
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 14.7%
- 2021: 4.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.6% —
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 32.6%
- 2021: 25.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
29.3% —
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 41.1%
- 2021: 29.3%
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 the area has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the 2.8% national average.
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 Warragoon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14177/warragoon/topic/community