18.0% ▼ -33.8%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.2%
- 2016: 25.7%
- 2021: 18.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Warren · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Warren
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A much higher rate of volunteering than the state average defines community life in Warren. While 18% of residents give their time to help others, this is well above the 14.1% national figure. Most other forms of community service and unpaid care sit close to national levels.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 18% of people helping out. This is well above the New South Wales rate of 13% and the Australian figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
About 12.4% of people provide unpaid care, which is about the same as the national figure. However, the 23.3% of people caring for children unpaid is a little below the Australian average of 26.3%.
12.4% ▲ +10.1%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.2%
- 2016: 11.0%
- 2021: 12.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.3% ▼ -15.1%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.5%
- 2016: 24.3%
- 2021: 23.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.3% ▼ -15.6%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.8%
- 2016: 19.8%
- 2021: 19.3%
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.
Defence service is around the middle for similar areas, with 2.2% of people having served. This is about the same as the figures for New South Wales and Australia.
2.2%
Lower than 57% 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 Warren [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14189/warren/topic/community