11.8% ▼ -4.6%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.4%
- 2016: 13.7%
- 2021: 11.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Warnbro · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Warnbro
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 30% of people in Warnbro provide unpaid childcare, a figure that is well above the national average. While many residents balance these family duties, few engage in formal volunteering compared to other areas. This community is also marked by a notably high number of former Defence Force members.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 11.8% of residents volunteer, which is much lower than most similar areas and well below the Western Australian figure of 15.9%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 29.8% of people caring for children—a rate well above the Australian average of 26.3%. This is alongside 12.7% providing general unpaid care and 22.7% doing over 15 hours of housework weekly.
12.7% ▲ +29.0%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.8%
- 2016: 10.5%
- 2021: 12.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.8% ▼ -8.6%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.6%
- 2016: 30.0%
- 2021: 29.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.7% ▼ -3.7%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.6%
- 2016: 23.8%
- 2021: 22.7%
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.
A striking 6.4% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is well above the figures for both Western Australia and Australia.
6.4%
Higher than 88% 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 Warnbro [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51534/warnbro/topic/community