9.2% —
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 14.7%
- 2021: 9.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Westdale · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Westdale
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement in Westdale has shifted, with a particularly high 31.6% of people now providing unpaid childcare. While family care is common, other forms of volunteering and service are less frequent than in other parts of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 9.2% of residents volunteer their time, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 13% and much lower than most other areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is very common here, with 31.6% of people providing it—well above the national figure of 26.3%. In contrast, the 11.1% who provide other types of unpaid care is lower than most areas.
11.1% —
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 11.7%
- 2021: 11.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
31.6% —
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 36.7%
- 2021: 31.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.3% —
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 22.8%
- 2021: 19.3%
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.
About 2% of people in Westdale have served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the New South Wales rate of 2.3%.
2.0%
Lower than 59% 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 Westdale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14276/westdale/topic/community