22.7% ▼ -13.5%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.3%
- 2016: 23.4%
- 2021: 22.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Newhaven · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Newhaven
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 23% of residents in Newhaven volunteer their time, a rate well above the national figure. This high level of community involvement is mirrored by a strong tendency to provide unpaid care and support to others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 22.7% of people pitching in, which is well above the 14.1% seen across Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While far fewer people care for children unpaid compared to the state average, 16% of residents provide some form of unpaid care. Additionally, 28.3% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, which is well above the national figure.
16.0% ▲ +23.7%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.9%
- 2016: 16.8%
- 2021: 16.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
17.8% ▼ -40.5%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.9%
- 2016: 27.8%
- 2021: 17.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.3% ▲ +12.8%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.1%
- 2016: 24.1%
- 2021: 28.3%
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.
Defence service is more common in Newhaven than in most similar areas, with 3.5% of people having served in the Defence Force.
3.5%
Higher than 63% 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 Newhaven [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21928/newhaven/topic/community