19.2% ▼ -38.9%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.4%
- 2016: 31.0%
- 2021: 19.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Newmerella · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Newmerella
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly one in five people in Newmerella volunteer their time, which is well above the national figure. This community is marked by a strong commitment to unpaid work, with high rates of caregiving and housework compared to the rest of Victoria.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Around 19.2% of residents volunteer, a figure that is well above both the Victorian (13.3%) and Australian (14.1%) averages.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 16.2% of people providing care and 31.3% doing over 15 hours of housework weekly, both far above the national figures. In contrast, the 20.6% of people caring for children unpaid is well below the Victorian average of 26.3%.
16.2% ▲ +17.0%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.9%
- 2016: 15.0%
- 2021: 16.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.6% ▼ -34.2%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.4%
- 2016: 27.5%
- 2021: 20.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
31.3% ▼ -5.1%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.9%
- 2016: 33.0%
- 2021: 31.3%
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.
A higher than usual proportion of the community has served in the Defence Force, with 3.8% of residents having served, which is a little above the national rate of 2.8%.
3.8%
Higher than 69% 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 Newmerella [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21933/newmerella/topic/community