29.0% ▲ +19.1%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.3%
- 2016: 30.1%
- 2021: 29.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Warri · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Warri
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly one in three people in Warri volunteer, making it a community with much higher levels of unpaid service than most other areas. This strong trend toward helping others is seen across the board, from local volunteering to a very high number of former Defence Force members.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
At 29%, the proportion of volunteers in Warri is far above the national figure of 14.1% and the New South Wales average of 13%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, with 35.5% of people caring for children—well above the 26.3% national average. This is consistent with a higher than usual 27.1% of residents spending 15 or more hours a week on housework.
13.1% ▲ +70.9%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.7%
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 13.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
35.5% ▼ -0.2%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.6%
- 2016: 47.0%
- 2021: 35.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.1% ▼ -6.0%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.8%
- 2016: 37.3%
- 2021: 27.1%
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.
A striking 13.5% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is far above the state and national figures of around 2% to 3%.
13.5%
Higher 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 Warri [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14190/warri/topic/community