20.8% ▼ -28.2%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.0%
- 2016: 31.3%
- 2021: 20.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Warragul South · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Warragul South
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
About one in five people in Warragul South volunteer their time, a figure well above the national average. This high level of community spirit is mirrored in the number of residents who provide unpaid care for others. It is a place where people are much more likely to help out than in most other Australian areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 20.8% of people helping out. This is well above the 13.3% seen in Victoria and the 14.1% national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is very common, as 19.5% of residents provide this support, which is well above the national figure of 11.9%. While those caring for children are a little below the state average at 23.5%, those doing over 15 hours of housework are well above the Victorian average.
19.5% ▲ +52.7%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.7%
- 2016: 10.0%
- 2021: 19.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.5% ▼ -11.9%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.7%
- 2016: 25.1%
- 2021: 23.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.5% ▼ -24.5%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.2%
- 2016: 28.4%
- 2021: 23.5%
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 1.4% of the population. This is lower than most areas and a little below the national figure of 2.8%.
1.4%
Lower than 64% 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 Warragul South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22699/warragul-south/topic/community