21.1% —
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 27.7%
- 2021: 21.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Westwood · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Westwood
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than one in five people in Westwood volunteer their time, a rate well above the national figure. This high level of community spirit stands out in a place where other forms of unpaid work, such as general care and housework, are much less common than usual.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 21.1% of residents helping out. This is well above the Tasmanian rate of 18.0% and the Australian figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 26.8% of people provide unpaid childcare—roughly the same as the national average—other forms of unpaid work are rare. Only 5.6% provide general unpaid care and 15.5% do over 15 hours of housework, both of which are well below state and national levels.
5.6% —
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 8.5%
- 2021: 5.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.8% —
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 31.9%
- 2021: 26.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
15.5% —
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 14.9%
- 2021: 15.5%
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.
Very few people in Westwood have served in the Defence Force, with 0.0% of the population doing so. This is well below the Tasmanian rate of 4.0%.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Westwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60747/westwood/topic/community