17.6% ▼ -12.1%
Higher than 71% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 20.0%
- 2016: 21.9%
- 2021: 17.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Newcastle - Cooks Hill · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Community Participation in Newcastle - Cooks Hill
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 18% of people in Newcastle - Cooks Hill volunteer, a rate well above the national figure. This community is more active in unpaid service than most, though the number of volunteers has fallen since 2011.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 17.6% of residents helping out. This is well above the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid domestic work is much less common here than elsewhere, as only 14.9% do 15 or more hours of housework and 18.4% care for children unpaid. Meanwhile, the proportion of people providing general unpaid care is 11.1%, which is about the same as the national figure.
11.1% ▲ +16.6%
Lower than 68% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 9.5%
- 2016: 10.3%
- 2021: 11.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
18.4% ▼ -5.5%
Lower than 89% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 19.5%
- 2016: 19.7%
- 2021: 18.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
14.9% ▲ +3.9%
Lower than 89% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 14.3%
- 2016: 13.5%
- 2021: 14.9%
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 stronger than usual connection to the military is evident, with 4.0% of people having served in the Defence Force. This is a little above the 2.8% seen across Australia.
4.0%
Higher than 77% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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 Newcastle - Cooks Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/111031229/newcastle-cooks-hill/topic/community