18.9% ▼ -11.2%
Higher than 62% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 21.3%
- 2016: 21.9%
- 2021: 18.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Warialda · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Warialda
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Giving time to others is a key part of daily life in Warialda, where 18.9% of people volunteer. This level of community contribution is well above both the state and national figures, despite a slight dip since 2011.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Nearly one in five people in Warialda volunteer their time. This is higher than most areas and sits well above the New South Wales figure of 13.0%, though the rate fell 2.4 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is well below the national figure at 19.8%, a drop of 9.4 points since 2011. Meanwhile, 12.9% of people provide some form of unpaid care, which is a little above the state average.
12.9% ▲ +23.3%
Lower than 56% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 10.4%
- 2016: 14.6%
- 2021: 12.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
19.8% ▼ -32.2%
Lower than 74% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 29.1%
- 2016: 21.7%
- 2021: 19.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.9% ▼ -13.5%
Lower than 70% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 25.3%
- 2016: 24.0%
- 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.
About 2.7% of residents have served in the Defence Force. This is lower than most areas and sits about the same as the national figure of 2.8%.
2.7%
Lower than 74% of urban centre 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 Warialda [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115152/warialda/topic/community