13.6% ▼ -26.2%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.5%
- 2016: 18.9%
- 2021: 13.6%
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.
Fewer people in Newtown engage in volunteering and unpaid care compared to most similar areas. While 13.6% of residents volunteer, the area stands out for having a higher proportion of Defence Force veterans than most other places.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
The 13.6% of people who volunteer is lower than in most similar areas, though it is about the same as the Queensland and national figures.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Care roles are less common here than elsewhere, with only 11.6% of people providing unpaid care. Those caring for children unpaid (23.5%) and those doing over 15 hours of housework (18.0%) are both below the national figures.
11.6% ▲ +10.9%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.5%
- 2016: 11.2%
- 2021: 11.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.5% ▼ -13.8%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.3%
- 2016: 25.1%
- 2021: 23.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.0% ▼ -20.0%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.5%
- 2016: 20.8%
- 2021: 18.0%
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 share of residents have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, with 4.1% of the population having served, which is a little above the Australian average.
4.1%
Higher than 72% 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/SAL32139/newtown/topic/community