18.8% ▼ -20.5%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.6%
- 2016: 23.0%
- 2021: 18.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Westlake · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Westlake
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Daily life in Westlake involves a high level of unpaid work and community support. Nearly 19% of people volunteer their time, and a significantly large proportion of the population manages childcare and housework at home.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 18.8% of people giving their time. This is well above the 14.1% figure seen across both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very prevalent, as 31.8% of residents care for children—well above the national 26.3%. This is consistent with higher rates of people doing 15 or more hours of housework (26.2%) and providing other unpaid care (14.7%).
14.7% ▲ +45.5%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.1%
- 2016: 11.3%
- 2021: 14.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
31.8% ▲ +10.5%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.8%
- 2016: 31.7%
- 2021: 31.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.2% ▲ +12.9%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.2%
- 2016: 22.3%
- 2021: 26.2%
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.
A higher proportion of residents than most areas have served in the Defence Force, with 3.3% of the population having this experience.
3.3%
Higher than 61% 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 Westlake [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33049/westlake/topic/community