23.5% ▼ -11.0%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.4%
- 2016: 21.9%
- 2021: 23.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Warnertown · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Warnertown
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A much higher rate of community involvement defines Warnertown, where volunteering and unpaid care far exceed national figures. Nearly one in four people here volunteer, and the area has a notably strong record of service to others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 23.5% of people helping out, which is well above the South Australian figure of 17.0% and the national rate of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is prevalent, as 15.9% of people provide care and 28.2% spend 15 or more hours on housework, both of which are well above the national average. Meanwhile, 24.1% care for children unpaid, which is a little below the national figure of 26.3%.
15.9% ▲ +81.3%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.8%
- 2016: 13.5%
- 2021: 15.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.1% ▼ -35.8%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 37.5%
- 2016: 29.0%
- 2021: 24.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.2% ▼ -23.1%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.7%
- 2016: 38.1%
- 2021: 28.2%
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.
Service to the country is more common here than in most areas, with 5.2% of residents having served in the Defence Force, a little above the 2.8% seen across Australia.
5.2%
Higher than 82% 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 Warnertown [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41536/warnertown/topic/community