16.8% ▼ -16.0%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.0%
- 2016: 21.0%
- 2021: 16.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Newtown · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Newtown
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far fewer people provide unpaid care in Newtown than in the rest of the state, though community spirit remains high. While only 15.1% of residents provide unpaid childcare, 16.8% of the population give their time to volunteering.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 16.8% of people helping out. This is well above the New South Wales figure of 13% and a little above the national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much lower than most areas. Only 8.2% of residents provide general unpaid care, and the proportion of people doing 15 or more hours of housework (14.4%) is well below the national figure of 20.7%.
8.2% ▲ +8.4%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.6%
- 2016: 7.8%
- 2021: 8.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
15.1% ▼ -10.0%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.7%
- 2016: 15.6%
- 2021: 15.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
14.4% ▲ +36.4%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.6%
- 2016: 9.9%
- 2021: 14.4%
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.
A small number of residents have served in the Defence Force, at 1.3%. This is lower than most areas and a little below the Australian average of 2.8%.
1.3%
Lower than 64% 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 Newtown [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12969/newtown/topic/community