13.5% ▼ -14.5%
Lower than 74% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 15.8%
- 2016: 18.1%
- 2021: 13.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Newcastle · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Newcastle
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than a quarter of people in Newcastle provide unpaid childcare, with 27.6% of residents doing so. This is higher than in most other areas. While many help out at home, the local rate of volunteering has dropped over the last decade.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 13.5% of people volunteer here, which is lower than most areas. This figure is about the same as the state and national rates, though it has fallen 2.3 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
A little more than the national figure of 11.9% provide some form of unpaid care, with 13.1% of residents doing so. While childcare duties are common, those spending 15 or more hours a week on housework (21.1%) are much lower than in most other areas.
13.1% ▲ +4.6%
Lower than 52% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 12.5%
- 2016: 12.9%
- 2021: 13.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.6% ▼ -5.5%
Higher than 66% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 29.2%
- 2016: 29.6%
- 2021: 27.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.1% ▼ -8.7%
Lower than 74% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 23.1%
- 2016: 22.0%
- 2021: 21.1%
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 little more than the state average of 2.3% have served in the Defence Force, with 3.5% of the Newcastle population having served.
3.5%
Lower than 52% of urban centre 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 Newcastle [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL102004/newcastle/topic/community