17.5% ▼ -28.9%
Higher than 53% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 24.6%
- 2016: 29.6%
- 2021: 17.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Warooka · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Warooka
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Almost 30% of people in Warooka do a high amount of housework, which is much higher than the national figure. This local area shows a strong trend of people stepping up to support others through unpaid care and volunteer work.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 17.5% of residents volunteer their time, a figure that is well above the national average but has fallen 7.1 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here; 16.3% of people provide care and 30% do over 15 hours of housework weekly, both of which are well above state and national levels. However, the 22.5% who care for children unpaid is well below the figures for Australia and South Australia.
16.3% ▲ +59.3%
Higher than 87% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 10.2%
- 2016: 17.6%
- 2021: 16.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.5% ▲ +18.4%
Lower than 60% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 19.0%
- 2016: 23.1%
- 2021: 22.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
30.0% ▲ +6.9%
Higher than 90% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 28.1%
- 2016: 26.1%
- 2021: 30.0%
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 little more than the national average, 3.9% of people in Warooka have served in the Defence Force.
3.9%
Higher than 58% 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 Warooka [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL422058/warooka/topic/community