15.5% ▼ -26.3%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.0%
- 2016: 19.7%
- 2021: 15.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Newtown · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Newtown
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people provide unpaid care and serve in the military in Newtown than in the national average. While the community is active in various roles, 27.4% of residents provide unpaid childcare, which is higher than most similar areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is less common here than in most similar areas, though the 15.5% rate remains a little above the Queensland and Australian figures of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
The area has a high proportion of unpaid carers, with 27.4% looking after children and 13.4% providing other types of unpaid care. Around 22.3% of people also do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, which is a little above the national figure.
13.4% ▲ +26.6%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.6%
- 2016: 10.3%
- 2021: 13.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.4% ▼ -12.6%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.4%
- 2016: 29.9%
- 2021: 27.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.3% ▼ -20.0%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.9%
- 2016: 21.9%
- 2021: 22.3%
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.
Military service is more common here than in most similar areas, with 4.2% of residents having served in the Defence Force. This is a little above the Australian average of 2.8%.
4.2%
Higher than 73% 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 Newtown [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32138/newtown/topic/community