10.0% ▼ -11.4%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.3%
- 2016: 12.2%
- 2021: 10.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Westminster · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Westminster
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Only 10% of people in Westminster spend their time volunteering, which is well below the national figure. This low level of formal community work is a standout feature of the area's social patterns. Most residents here are less likely to engage in unpaid care or service roles compared to other Australian suburbs.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteer rates in Westminster are much lower than most areas, sitting at 10%. This is well below the 15.9% seen across Western Australia and the 14.1% national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is about the same as the national figure at 25.8%. However, people providing other forms of unpaid care (8.3%) and those doing 15 or more hours of housework (14.4%) are both well below the national and state averages.
8.3% ▼ -11.9%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.4%
- 2016: 9.0%
- 2021: 8.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.8% ▲ +11.2%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.2%
- 2016: 24.0%
- 2021: 25.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
14.4% ▼ -19.8%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.9%
- 2016: 15.7%
- 2021: 14.4%
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 small number of residents have served in the Defence Force. At 1.4%, this is lower than most areas and a little below the Australian figure of 2.8%.
1.4%
Lower than 64% 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 Westminster [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51588/westminster/topic/community