20.3% ▼ -7.9%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.0%
- 2016: 30.7%
- 2021: 20.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
New Italy · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in New Italy
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than one in five people in New Italy volunteer, showing a strong commitment to local activity. This spirit of helping others is reflected in high rates of unpaid housework and childcare, though fewer residents provide general unpaid care compared to other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 20.3% of people giving their time. This is well above the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and the national rate of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Housework is a major part of life for many, as 39.1% of people spend 15 or more hours a week on it, which is far above the national figure of 20.7%. While 29.2% provide unpaid childcare—a little above the Australian average—only 7.4% provide general unpaid care, which is well below the national rate of 11.9%.
7.4% ▼ -37.4%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.9%
- 2016: 17.6%
- 2021: 7.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.2% ▲ +24.7%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.4%
- 2016: 20.9%
- 2021: 29.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
39.1% ▲ +24.7%
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.4%
- 2016: 26.8%
- 2021: 39.1%
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.
Around 2.5% of the population have served in the Defence Force. This is about the same as the 2.3% seen across New South Wales and the 2.8% national average.
2.5%
Lower than 53% 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 Italy [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12950/new-italy/topic/community