30.3% —
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 40.7%
- 2021: 30.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Westbury · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Westbury
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly one in three people in Westbury give their time to volunteer, which is a huge amount compared to most other areas. This strong spirit of helping out is matched by a high rate of people managing heavy housework and unpaid care at home.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 30.3% of people pitching in. This is far above the Victorian figure of 13.3% and the national rate of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Many residents handle significant chores, as 35.6% do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework weekly, which is far above the national figure of 20.7%. This high level of home work sits alongside a higher-than-average 15.2% of people providing unpaid care, while 25.8% care for children unpaid, which is about the same as the rest of Australia.
15.2% —
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 11.1%
- 2021: 15.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.8% —
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 37.0%
- 2021: 25.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
35.6% —
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 37.8%
- 2021: 35.6%
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, a figure that is a little below the state and national rates.
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 Westbury [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22759/westbury/topic/community