19.7% ▼ -24.9%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.2%
- 2016: 27.8%
- 2021: 19.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Warrimoo · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Warrimoo
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly one in five people in Warrimoo give their time to volunteering, making it a place where community involvement is a key part of daily life. This rate is well above the national figure of 14.1%. High levels of unpaid care and a strong presence of former service members also shape the local social landscape.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 19.7% of residents volunteer, which is well above both the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and the Australian average of 14.1%. This level of participation is around the middle for similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, with 30.6% of people caring for children and 28.5% doing at least 15 hours of housework weekly, both figures being well above the national average. Around 12.6% of residents provide other unpaid care, which is about the same as the rest of Australia.
12.6% ▼ -9.7%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.9%
- 2016: 13.5%
- 2021: 12.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.6% ▼ -13.7%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.4%
- 2016: 34.9%
- 2021: 30.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.5% ▲ +2.5%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.9%
- 2016: 24.6%
- 2021: 28.5%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 3.5% of the population. This is higher than most areas and sits a little above the New South Wales figure of 2.3%.
3.5%
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 Warrimoo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14192/warrimoo/topic/community