19.8% ▼ -44.2%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.4%
- 2016: 35.4%
- 2021: 19.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Newham · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Newham
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 20% of people in Newham give their time to volunteering, which is well above the national figure. This high level of community involvement is matched by a strong tendency to provide unpaid care and support for others at home.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 19.8% of residents volunteer, a figure that is well above both the Victorian and Australian averages.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Home life involves significant unpaid work here, with 31.5% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, far above the national figure. This is alongside 29.7% of people caring for children unpaid and 14% providing other unpaid care, both of which are higher than most areas.
14.0% ▲ +29.9%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.8%
- 2016: 12.9%
- 2021: 14.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.7% ▼ -9.6%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.8%
- 2016: 31.7%
- 2021: 29.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
31.5% ▲ +9.7%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.7%
- 2016: 31.7%
- 2021: 31.5%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 2.3% of the population, which is about the same as the rates seen across Victoria and Australia.
2.3%
Lower than 56% 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 Newham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21927/newham/topic/community