12.5% —
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 40.5%
- 2021: 12.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
New Buildings · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in New Buildings
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A high proportion of people doing heavy housework shapes daily life in New Buildings. While few residents provide care for others, over 31% of the population spends 15 hours or more each week on unpaid housework, which is far above the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 12.5% of people volunteer here, a figure that is much lower than most similar areas and slightly below the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
The area has a very low rate of unpaid childcare at 15.6%, which is far below the national figure of 26.3%. Similarly, those providing general unpaid care are at 9.4%, a little below the national average.
9.4% —
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 8.1%
- 2021: 9.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
15.6% —
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 15.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
31.3% —
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 40.5%
- 2021: 31.3%
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force, which is lower than most areas and a little below the national figure of 2.8%.
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 New Buildings [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12949/new-buildings/topic/community