19.6% ▼ -19.3%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.3%
- 2016: 24.0%
- 2021: 19.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Westbury · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Westbury
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A strong spirit of helping others defines Westbury, where nearly 20% of people volunteer their time. This level of community involvement is well above the national figure, reflecting a local culture of active participation and support.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 19.6% of residents volunteer, which is a little above the Tasmanian figure and well above the 14.1% seen across Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, with 26.0% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, a figure well above both state and national levels. This is consistent with 14.2% of the population providing unpaid care, which is a little above the national average.
14.2% ▲ +12.1%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.6%
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 14.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.9% ▼ -8.4%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.2%
- 2016: 23.8%
- 2021: 24.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.0% ▼ -6.5%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.8%
- 2016: 27.4%
- 2021: 26.0%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 4.0% of the population, which is higher than most similar areas and a little above the Australian figure of 2.8%.
4.0%
Higher than 72% 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 Westbury [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60743/westbury/topic/community