23.5% ▲ +46.8%
Higher than 84% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 16.0%
- 2016: 25.4%
- 2021: 23.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Warracknabeal · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Warracknabeal
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A far higher proportion of people volunteer in Warracknabeal compared to the rest of the state. About 23.5% of residents give their time to help others, a figure that has grown steadily over the last decade. This reflects a strong local commitment to community activities.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is much more common here than in most areas, with 23.5% of people helping out. This is far above the Victorian figure of 13.3% and has risen by 7.5 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Care roles vary, as only 20.4% of people provide unpaid childcare—well below the national figure and down 13 points since 2011. However, 14.3% provide other unpaid care, which is a little above the national average.
14.3% ▲ +26.2%
Higher than 68% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 11.3%
- 2016: 12.8%
- 2021: 14.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.4% ▼ -39.4%
Lower than 71% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 33.6%
- 2016: 28.9%
- 2021: 20.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.0% ▼ -1.6%
Lower than 51% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 24.4%
- 2016: 24.0%
- 2021: 24.0%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 3.1% of the population. This is about the same as the 2.8% national figure, though it is a little above the Victorian average of 2.0%.
3.1%
Lower than 63% 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 Warracknabeal [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL215089/warracknabeal/topic/community