19.8% ▼ -22.8%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.7%
- 2016: 26.7%
- 2021: 19.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Newry · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Newry
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people give their time to others in Newry than in most similar areas. Nearly 20% of residents volunteer, which is well above the national and state figures. This spirit of contribution extends into the home, where unpaid care and housework are more common than usual.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Almost one in five people (19.8%) volunteer their time in Newry. This is well above the 13.3% seen across Victoria and the 14.1% national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Home life involves a lot of unpaid work here, with 25.8% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, which is well above the national figure. This is consistent with a higher-than-usual 29.2% of residents providing unpaid care for children.
13.0% ▲ +2.4%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.7%
- 2016: 11.3%
- 2021: 13.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.2% ▲ +7.6%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.1%
- 2016: 25.8%
- 2021: 29.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.8% ▲ +9.4%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.6%
- 2016: 29.6%
- 2021: 25.8%
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 2.8% of the population has served in the Defence Force, a rate that is about the same as both Victoria and Australia.
2.8%
Higher than 53% 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 Newry [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21935/newry/topic/community