16.3% —
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 44.1%
- 2021: 16.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Westmere · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Westmere
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far fewer people spend their time on unpaid housework in Westmere than in other parts of the country. Only 8.2% of residents do 15 or more hours of housework a week, which is far below the national figure. While local volunteering is a little more common than average, other forms of unpaid care and service are less frequent here.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16.3% of people in Westmere volunteer, which is a little above both the Victorian figure of 13.3% and the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is less common here than in most areas. This includes a lower rate of people caring for children (22.4%) and those providing general unpaid care (10.2%) compared to the rest of the state.
10.2% —
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 11.8%
- 2021: 10.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.4% —
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 20.6%
- 2021: 22.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
8.2% —
Lower than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 32.4%
- 2021: 8.2%
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 reported serving in the Defence Force, a result that is a little below the Victorian and national figures.
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 Westmere [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22762/westmere/topic/community