14.0% ▼ -25.3%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.7%
- 2016: 18.1%
- 2021: 14.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
New Auckland · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in New Auckland
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A striking 34.3% of people in New Auckland provide unpaid childcare, a figure well above the national average. This high level of family care defines the area's community contribution, even though other types of unpaid work and volunteering are less common.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14% of residents volunteer, which is lower than most similar areas and almost exactly the same as the Queensland and Australian figures.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While unpaid childcare is much higher than most areas, those providing other types of unpaid care are much lower at 9.2%. This is a little below the national figure of 11.9%.
9.2% ▲ +15.6%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.0%
- 2016: 8.4%
- 2021: 9.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
34.3% ▼ -1.5%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.9%
- 2016: 34.5%
- 2021: 34.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.9% ▼ -8.5%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.8%
- 2016: 22.7%
- 2021: 20.9%
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 around the middle for its level, with 2.9% of people having served, which is about the same as the figures for both Queensland and Australia.
2.9%
Higher than 55% 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 New Auckland [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32126/new-auckland/topic/community