22.7% ▼ -34.3%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.5%
- 2016: 33.9%
- 2021: 22.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Warooka · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Warooka
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 23% of people in Warooka volunteer their time, a figure well above the national average. This high level of community spirit is matched by a strong tendency for residents to take on unpaid care and housework roles within their homes.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 22.7% of residents giving their time. This is well above the 17% seen across South Australia and far exceeds the Australian figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very high in this area, with 31% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, far above the national figure of 20.7%. While 15.3% provide general unpaid care—well above the national average—those caring for children unpaid (23.3%) are well below the state rate.
15.3% ▲ +101.7%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.6%
- 2016: 14.0%
- 2021: 15.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.3% ▲ +6.2%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.0%
- 2016: 24.7%
- 2021: 23.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
31.0% ▼ -2.5%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.8%
- 2016: 28.8%
- 2021: 31.0%
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.
About 3% of the population has served in the Defence Force. This is about the same as the rates for both South Australia and Australia.
3.0%
Higher than 56% 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 Warooka [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41538/warooka/topic/community