18.8% ▼ -23.8%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.6%
- 2016: 21.8%
- 2021: 18.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Newmarket · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Newmarket
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Newmarket sits right in the middle of similar areas for community involvement, though it has a very high rate of volunteering. Nearly 19% of residents give their time to help others, which is well above the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 18.8% of people in Newmarket volunteer, a rate that is well above both the Queensland and Australian figures of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much lower than in most areas, with only 9.6% of people providing care and 17.5% spending 15 or more hours a week on housework. This is well below the national figure for housework and child care.
9.6% ▼ -1.7%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.7%
- 2016: 8.9%
- 2021: 9.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.3% ▼ -8.6%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.5%
- 2016: 22.6%
- 2021: 23.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
17.5% ▲ +5.9%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.5%
- 2016: 14.6%
- 2021: 17.5%
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.
Around 3.0% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the rates seen across Australia and Queensland.
3.0%
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 Newmarket [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32135/newmarket/topic/community