18.3% ▼ -28.6%
Higher than 58% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 25.6%
- 2016: 22.5%
- 2021: 18.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Warburton · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Warburton
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
About 25.1% of people in Warburton do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework each week, which is well above the national figure. This shows a strong trend of residents contributing significant unpaid time to their homes and community. While volunteering is common here, the number of people giving their time has fallen since 2011.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is more common here than in the rest of the state, with 18.3% of residents helping out. However, this is a drop from 2011, when the figure was 25.6%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
A little above the national figure, 13.5% of people provide unpaid care. While 25.1% do significant housework, the proportion of people caring for children unpaid is well below the state average at 22.7%.
13.5% ▲ +9.7%
Higher than 55% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 12.3%
- 2016: 12.9%
- 2021: 13.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.7% ▼ -30.6%
Lower than 59% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 32.7%
- 2016: 22.8%
- 2021: 22.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.1% ▼ -1.2%
Higher than 60% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 25.4%
- 2016: 23.0%
- 2021: 25.1%
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.
Very few residents have served in the Defence Force, with only 1.8% doing so. This is much lower than in most other similar areas.
1.8%
Lower than 88% 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 Warburton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL215088/warburton/topic/community