19.7% ▼ -20.4%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.8%
- 2016: 26.4%
- 2021: 19.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Weston · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Weston
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Well above the national figures for volunteering and military service, Weston is a community with a strong record of civic contribution. Roughly 20% of residents give their time to volunteer work, and a high proportion of the population has served in the Defence Force.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 19.7% of people here volunteer, which is a little above the ACT figure of 18.4% and well above the national rate of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common, with 29.1% of people caring for children, a figure higher than most areas. Around 22.4% do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework weekly, while 12.6% provide other types of unpaid care.
12.6% ▲ +16.5%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.8%
- 2016: 13.1%
- 2021: 12.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.1% ▲ +2.0%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.6%
- 2016: 30.0%
- 2021: 29.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.4% ▼ -3.0%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.1%
- 2016: 20.7%
- 2021: 22.4%
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.
Service in the Defence Force is much more common here than in most areas, with 6.5% of residents having served. This is well above the Australian average of 2.8%.
6.5%
Higher than 88% 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 Weston [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80133/weston/topic/community