16.5% ▼ -2.3%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.9%
- 2016: 18.2%
- 2021: 16.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Warwick · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Warwick
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than 30% of people in Warwick provide unpaid childcare, which is well above the national figure. This community is generally active in supporting others, with a high rate of child caring and a volunteer rate that sits comfortably around the middle for similar areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16.5% of residents volunteer their time. This is about the same as the Western Australian figure and a little above the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Childcare is a major focus here, with 30.2% of people caring for children unpaid, a figure well above the national rate. Other unpaid work is more common than the national average, including 12.3% providing general unpaid care and 21.9% doing 15 or more hours of housework.
12.3% ▲ +18.8%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.3%
- 2016: 11.1%
- 2021: 12.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.2% ▲ +7.5%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.1%
- 2016: 28.6%
- 2021: 30.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.9% ▼ -12.0%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.9%
- 2016: 21.5%
- 2021: 21.9%
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 small portion of the population has served in the Defence Force. At 3.2%, this is about the same as both the state and national figures.
3.2%
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 Warwick [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51541/warwick/topic/community