8.5% ▲ +184.4%
Lower than 91% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 3.0%
- 2016: 7.1%
- 2021: 8.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Warruwi · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Warruwi
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Volunteer rates have more than doubled since 2011 in Warruwi (L), though they remain low compared to other areas. While formal volunteering is less common, nearly half of the population provides unpaid childcare, which is far above the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 8.5% of people volunteer, which is well below the Northern Territory and Australian figures of 14.1%. This is among the lowest rates for similar areas, despite rising 5.5 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Nearly half of the population (49.4%) cares for children unpaid, a figure far above the national average of 26.3%. Meanwhile, 22% of people do 15 or more hours of housework a week, which is well above the Territory figure.
12.3% ▼ -46.2%
Lower than 64% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 22.8%
- 2016: 23.8%
- 2021: 12.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
49.4% ▼ -0.5%
Higher than 97% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 49.6%
- 2016: 55.2%
- 2021: 49.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.0% ▲ +25.7%
Lower than 69% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 17.5%
- 2016: 14.8%
- 2021: 22.0%
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 6.3% of the population. This is much higher than most similar areas and well above the Australian figure of 2.8%.
6.3%
Higher than 89% 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 Warruwi [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL722036/warruwi/topic/community