32.3% ▼ -25.7%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 43.5%
- 2016: 54.6%
- 2021: 32.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Newdegate · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Newdegate
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people volunteer in Newdegate than in most similar areas. About 32.3% of the community give their time to others, a figure that is far above both the Western Australian and national averages. This high level of local activity defines the way people participate in their community.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is a standout feature here, with 32.3% of residents helping out. This is 18 percentage points higher than the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children involves 26.0% of the population, which is about the same as the national figure. Meanwhile, 10.2% of people provide some form of unpaid care, a rate slightly lower than the national average.
10.2% ▲ +62.4%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.3%
- 2016: 10.9%
- 2021: 10.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.0% ▼ -2.2%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.6%
- 2016: 26.1%
- 2021: 26.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.5% ▼ -35.0%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.5%
- 2016: 19.3%
- 2021: 20.5%
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.
A higher proportion of people have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas. At 4.6%, this is a little above the figures for Western Australia and the rest of the country.
4.6%
Higher than 77% 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 Newdegate [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51109/newdegate/topic/community