21.0% ▲ +5.3%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.9%
- 2016: 22.7%
- 2021: 21.0%
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.
Volunteer rates have risen significantly in New Town, where 21% of residents now give their time to help others. This level of community involvement is well above the figures for both Tasmania and the rest of Australia.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
A high 21% of people in New Town volunteer, which is well above the 18% seen across Tasmania and far higher than the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is less common here than in most areas, with only 22.3% of people caring for children unpaid and 16.4% doing 15 or more hours of housework. Both figures are well below the state and national averages.
11.1% ▲ +9.1%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.1%
- 2016: 10.3%
- 2021: 11.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.3% ▼ -10.6%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.0%
- 2016: 24.5%
- 2021: 22.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
16.4% ▼ -15.4%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.4%
- 2016: 18.4%
- 2021: 16.4%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 3.4% of the population, a figure that is higher than most similar areas and about the same as the national rate of 2.8%.
3.4%
Higher than 63% 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/SAL60451/new-town/topic/community