21.0% ▼ -5.5%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.2%
- 2016: 27.3%
- 2021: 21.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Westbourne Park · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Westbourne Park
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than one in five people in Westbourne Park volunteer, a rate well above the national figure. This highlights a strong trend of community involvement and care across the suburb.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 21.0% of residents volunteer, which is higher than most areas and well above the 14.1% seen across Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Care roles are common here, with 14.2% of people providing unpaid care and 29.5% caring for children unpaid, both of which are higher than most areas. Meanwhile, 21.5% of residents do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, a figure about the same as the national average.
14.2% ▲ +8.1%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.1%
- 2016: 11.6%
- 2021: 14.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.5% ▼ -2.7%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.4%
- 2016: 27.6%
- 2021: 29.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.5% ▼ -4.8%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.6%
- 2016: 22.5%
- 2021: 21.5%
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 around the middle for its level, with 2.8% of people having served, which is about the same as the national figure.
2.8%
Higher than 52% 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 Westbourne Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41573/westbourne-park/topic/community