17.0% ▼ -7.1%
Higher than 73% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 18.4%
- 2016: 20.3%
- 2021: 17.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Warwick · Urban Area
Community Participation in Warwick
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly a quarter of Warwick residents provide unpaid childcare, making it the most common form of community support in the area. While volunteering is more common here than in most other places, the number of people giving their time has fallen slightly over the last decade.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 17% of people in Warwick volunteer, which is higher than most areas and a little above the national figure of 14.1%. This is a small drop from 2011, when the rate was 18.4%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 13.3% of people providing support, a figure that has risen since 2011 and is higher than most areas. While 23.1% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, only 23.8% care for children unpaid, which is much lower than most areas.
13.3% ▲ +34.3%
Higher than 62% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 9.9%
- 2016: 11.0%
- 2021: 13.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.8% ▼ -14.3%
Lower than 76% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 27.8%
- 2016: 27.6%
- 2021: 23.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.1% ▼ -6.1%
Higher than 74% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 24.6%
- 2016: 23.7%
- 2021: 23.1%
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 4.0% of the population. This is much higher than most similar areas and a little above the Australian figure of 2.8%.
4.0%
Higher than 76% of urban area 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/sua/3018/warwick/topic/community