14.5% ▼ -33.0%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.7%
- 2016: 13.1%
- 2021: 14.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Westerway · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Westerway
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Daily life in Westerway involves a high level of caregiving, with nearly 20% of people providing unpaid support. This is well above the national figure and highlights a strong commitment to helping others in the community. While volunteering is less common, the area has a notable presence of former Defence Force members.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.5% of residents volunteer their time, which is lower than most areas and well below the Tasmanian figure of 18.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Providing unpaid care is common here, with 19.9% of people doing so, a figure well above the national average. In contrast, the number of people caring for children unpaid is far below both the state and national figures, at just 15.1%.
19.9% ▲ +22.1%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.3%
- 2016: 10.1%
- 2021: 19.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
15.1% ▼ -53.3%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.2%
- 2016: 15.7%
- 2021: 15.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.3% ▼ -32.7%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.2%
- 2016: 24.7%
- 2021: 18.3%
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 people than in most similar areas have served in the Defence Force, accounting for 3.3% of the population.
3.3%
Higher than 60% 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 Westerway [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60746/westerway/topic/community