18.4% ▼ -6.8%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.8%
- 2016: 22.6%
- 2021: 18.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
West Beach · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in West Beach
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Over a quarter of people in West Beach provide unpaid child care, making it the most common form of community contribution here. This local trend reflects a broader pattern of engagement, with volunteering rates sitting well above the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 18.4% of residents volunteer, which is a little above the South Australian figure and well above the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Providing unpaid care for children is common, with 27.2% of people doing so, which is higher than in most areas. Meanwhile, 13.2% provide some form of unpaid care, a figure slightly above the national average.
13.2% ▲ +13.7%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.6%
- 2016: 11.7%
- 2021: 13.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.2% ▼ -0.2%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.3%
- 2016: 27.2%
- 2021: 27.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.1% ▼ -7.2%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.7%
- 2016: 20.6%
- 2021: 21.1%
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.
Defence service is common for the area, with 3.0% of people having served, which is about the same as both the state and national figures.
3.0%
Higher than 56% 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 West Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41564/west-beach/topic/community