19.9% ▼ -7.6%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.5%
- 2016: 23.1%
- 2021: 19.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Newstead · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Newstead
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
About a quarter of people in Newstead provide unpaid child care, marking this as the most common form of community contribution in the area. This local spirit is also seen in volunteering, which is well above the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Nearly 20% of residents volunteer, which is a little above the Tasmanian average and well above the national rate of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Around 12.3% of people provide some form of unpaid care, with child care being the most common at 25.3%. However, those doing 15 or more hours of unpaid housework are much lower than most areas.
12.3% ▲ +13.3%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.9%
- 2016: 11.0%
- 2021: 12.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.3% ▼ -9.7%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.1%
- 2016: 29.6%
- 2021: 25.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.3% ▼ -18.5%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.7%
- 2016: 22.5%
- 2021: 19.3%
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.
A higher share of people here have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, with 3.7% of the population having served.
3.7%
Higher than 67% 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 Newstead [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60453/newstead/topic/community