16.9% ▼ -15.8%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.1%
- 2016: 23.1%
- 2021: 16.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Warradale · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Warradale
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than 30% of people in Warradale provide unpaid childcare, which is well above the national figure. This high level of family care is the most striking feature of community life in the area. Other forms of volunteering and service remain typical for the region.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16.9% of people volunteer their time, a figure that is roughly the same as across South Australia and slightly higher than the Australian average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 30.5% of residents provide unpaid childcare—a rate much higher than most areas—only 21.5% spend 15 or more hours a week on housework. This is about the same as the state and national figures. General unpaid care is provided by 12.4% of the population.
12.4% ▲ +8.1%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.5%
- 2016: 12.1%
- 2021: 12.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.5% ▲ +25.5%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.3%
- 2016: 27.0%
- 2021: 30.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.5% ▼ -8.1%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.4%
- 2016: 21.2%
- 2021: 21.5%
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 3.1% of the population, which is about the same as the figures for South Australia and the rest of the country.
3.1%
Higher than 58% 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 Warradale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41539/warradale/topic/community