8.5% ▼ -83.1%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 50.4%
- 2016: 8.5%
- 2021: 8.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Warruwi · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Warruwi
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement in Warruwi has shifted over the last decade, most notably in the high number of people providing unpaid care. Nearly half of the population helps look after children, which is far above both the territory and national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Very few people in Warruwi volunteer their time, with only 8.5% doing so. This is well below the 14.1% seen across Australia and the Northern Territory.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is very common here, with 49.4% of people providing this care—far above the national figure of 26.3%. Meanwhile, 22% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, which is a little above the Australian average.
12.3% ▼ -53.1%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.1%
- 2016: 21.9%
- 2021: 12.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
49.4% ▼ -36.4%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 77.6%
- 2016: 51.1%
- 2021: 49.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.0% ▲ +2.3%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.5%
- 2016: 25.2%
- 2021: 22.0%
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.
A much higher proportion of people here have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas. At 6.3%, this is well above the 2.8% national figure and a little above the Northern Territory's 5.2%.
6.3%
Higher than 87% 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 Warruwi [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70281/warruwi/topic/community