10.4% ▼ -24.6%
Lower than 80% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 13.8%
- 2016: 15.6%
- 2021: 10.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Newcomb - Moolap · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Community Participation in Newcomb - Moolap
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much lower than most areas, only 10.4% of people in Newcomb - Moolap volunteer their time. This is a significant drop from 2011, when 13.8% of the community participated in volunteer work. Other forms of unpaid help and service are also less common here than in the rest of the state.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 10.4% of residents volunteer, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%. This level of participation has fallen by 3.4 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is much lower than most areas at 21.1%, though the 13.7% of people providing other forms of unpaid care is much higher than in similar places. Around 19.9% of residents do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework weekly, which is about the same as the Victorian figure.
13.7% ▲ +16.0%
Higher than 76% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 11.8%
- 2016: 13.4%
- 2021: 13.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.1% ▼ -20.5%
Lower than 83% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 26.5%
- 2016: 24.6%
- 2021: 21.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.9% ▼ -11.7%
Lower than 62% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 22.5%
- 2016: 20.6%
- 2021: 19.9%
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.
About 2.8% of the population has served in the Defence Force. This is about the same as the Australian average and puts the area around the middle compared to similar places.
2.8%
Higher than 50% 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 Newcomb - Moolap [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/203021045/newcomb-moolap/topic/community