14.5% ▼ -57.6%
Lower than 67% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 34.2%
- 2016: 34.3%
- 2021: 14.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Newlands Arm · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Newlands Arm
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people in Newlands Arm have served in the Defence Force than in most other similar areas. While veteran presence is high, the number of people volunteering has dropped sharply over the last decade. This community shows a strong trend toward home-based duties rather than external unpaid work.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.5% of residents volunteer, which is a little above the Victorian figure. This is a significant drop from 2011, when 34.2% of the community volunteered.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Housework is common here, with 31.7% of people doing 15 or more hours a week, far above the national figure. In contrast, those caring for children unpaid (15.2%) and those providing general unpaid care (10.9%) are both much lower than in most areas.
10.9% ▼ -37.3%
Lower than 77% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 17.3%
- 2016: 13.7%
- 2021: 10.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
15.2% ▼ -45.2%
Lower than 89% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 27.8%
- 2016: 24.5%
- 2021: 15.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
31.7% ▲ +10.7%
Higher than 94% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 28.6%
- 2016: 23.8%
- 2021: 31.7%
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.
Defence service is very common in Newlands Arm, with 6.6% of people having served. This is well above the 2.8% seen across Australia.
6.6%
Higher than 90% 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 Newlands Arm [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL221053/newlands-arm/topic/community