17.0% ▼ -43.7%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.2%
- 2016: 22.6%
- 2021: 17.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Newbridge · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Newbridge
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly one in five people in Newbridge provide unpaid care, which is well above the national figure. This high level of community support is seen across both formal volunteering and home-based care. It marks the area as a place where residents frequently step up to help others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 17% of people here volunteer, a figure that is well above the Victorian average of 13.3%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While fewer people care for children unpaid compared to most areas, 19.6% of residents provide some form of unpaid care. This is among the highest rates for similar areas and well above the national figure of 11.9%. Another 24.8% do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework weekly, which is well above the national average.
19.6% ▲ +78.9%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.0%
- 2016: 15.8%
- 2021: 19.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.9% ▼ -26.8%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.6%
- 2016: 20.3%
- 2021: 20.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.8% ▼ -17.4%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.1%
- 2016: 28.2%
- 2021: 24.8%
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% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the rate for Victoria.
2.0%
Lower than 59% 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 Newbridge [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21923/newbridge/topic/community