8.8% —
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.8%
- 2021: 8.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Weetaliba · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Weetaliba
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A gap of over 5 percentage points separates the volunteering rate in Weetaliba from the national figure. While few residents spend their time volunteering, a much higher proportion provide unpaid care compared to most other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 8.8% of people volunteer here, which is among the lowest for similar areas and well below the 14.1% national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common in Weetaliba, with 17.5% of people providing care and 29.8% caring for children—both figures are well above the national average. However, the 15.8% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework is much lower than most areas.
17.5% —
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 8.5%
- 2021: 17.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.8% —
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.8%
- 2021: 29.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
15.8% —
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 6.4%
- 2021: 15.8%
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the national figure of 2.8%.
0.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality 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 Weetaliba [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14231/weetaliba/topic/community