22.9% ▼ -24.4%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.3%
- 2016: 31.3%
- 2021: 22.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
New Town · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in New Town
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 23% of people in New Town volunteer, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%. This high level of community involvement is matched by a strong tendency to provide unpaid care and support to others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 22.9% of residents giving their time. This is well above the 17.0% seen across South Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is very prevalent in New Town, where 30.7% of people care for children and 15.7% provide other unpaid care. Both figures are well above the national averages.
15.7% ▲ +18.3%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.3%
- 2016: 13.3%
- 2021: 15.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.7% ▼ -14.0%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.7%
- 2016: 30.1%
- 2021: 30.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.8% ▼ -17.0%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.9%
- 2016: 26.3%
- 2021: 24.8%
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.
A higher proportion of people here have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, with the local figure at 3.3%.
3.3%
Higher than 60% 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 Town [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41026/new-town/topic/community