20.2% ▼ -24.2%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.7%
- 2016: 29.7%
- 2021: 20.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Westleigh · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Westleigh
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than one in five people in Westleigh volunteer, making it a place where residents are far more active in their community than in most other areas. This spirit of helping out is seen both in organized volunteering and in the high number of people providing unpaid care for children and the home.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 20.2% of residents giving their time. This is well above the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is more frequent here than in most areas, with 29.5% of people caring for children and 27.9% doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly. Both figures are well above the national and state averages. Meanwhile, 12.0% of people provide other types of unpaid care, which is about the same as the national figure.
12.0% ▲ +1.7%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.8%
- 2016: 13.0%
- 2021: 12.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.5% ▼ -12.7%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.8%
- 2016: 34.3%
- 2021: 29.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.9% ▲ +6.3%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.3%
- 2016: 26.0%
- 2021: 27.9%
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.
Around 2.3% of the population has served in the Defence Force. This is about the same as both the New South Wales and Australian figures.
2.3%
Lower than 55% 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 Westleigh [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14277/westleigh/topic/community