14.5% ▼ -20.1%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.2%
- 2016: 21.1%
- 2021: 14.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Wesburn · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Wesburn
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher levels of unpaid care define Wesburn, where 15.7% of people provide this support. This community shows a strong commitment to helping others in the home, though formal volunteering is less common than in similar areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.5% of people here volunteer, which is a little above the Victorian figure of 13.3% and roughly the same as the national rate.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Caregiving is common here; 27.6% of people look after children unpaid, and 24.7% spend 15 hours or more on housework, a figure well above the national average of 20.7%.
15.7% ▲ +36.6%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.5%
- 2016: 15.0%
- 2021: 15.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.6% ▼ -12.2%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.4%
- 2016: 33.3%
- 2021: 27.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.7% ▼ -4.3%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.9%
- 2016: 23.6%
- 2021: 24.7%
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 small number of residents have served in the Defence Force, with 1.5% of the population having this experience, which is lower than most other areas.
1.5%
Lower than 63% 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 Wesburn [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22753/wesburn/topic/community