10.7% ▼ -25.0%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.3%
- 2016: 16.3%
- 2021: 10.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Newcomb · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Newcomb
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far fewer people volunteer in Newcomb compared to the rest of the country, with only 10.7% of residents giving their time. This gap is a standout feature for the area, where community involvement in formal volunteering and unpaid childcare is notably lower than state and national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 10.7% of residents volunteer, which is much lower than most similar areas and well below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is well below the national average at 20.8%. While 18.6% of people do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, 13.5% provide some form of unpaid care, which is about the same as the Victorian average.
13.5% ▲ +12.9%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.0%
- 2016: 14.0%
- 2021: 13.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.8% ▼ -13.6%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.0%
- 2016: 22.9%
- 2021: 20.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.6% ▼ -20.4%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.3%
- 2016: 20.7%
- 2021: 18.6%
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 2.4% of the population has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is about the same as both the state and national averages.
2.4%
Lower than 54% 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 Newcomb [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21925/newcomb/topic/community