27.8% ▲ +8.8%
Higher than 92% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 25.6%
- 2016: 17.5%
- 2021: 27.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Newstead · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Newstead
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people have stepped up to volunteer in Newstead since 2011, with 27.8% of residents now giving their time. This is far above the national figure and ranks among the highest levels of community involvement for similar areas. Residents are also more likely than most to provide unpaid care and housework.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 27.8% of people helping out. This is far above the Victoria figure of 13.3% and has risen by 2.2 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Many residents handle significant unpaid work, including 31.7% who do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, which is far above the national figure. While 13.8% provide unpaid care, the proportion of people caring for children unpaid has fallen to 26.9%.
13.8% ▲ +4.8%
Higher than 61% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 13.2%
- 2016: 11.1%
- 2021: 13.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.9% ▼ -10.0%
Higher than 63% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 29.9%
- 2016: 26.3%
- 2021: 26.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
31.7% ▲ +4.8%
Higher than 94% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 30.2%
- 2016: 19.5%
- 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.
About 2.6% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is much lower than most similar areas and about the same as the state and national figures.
2.6%
Lower than 76% 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 Newstead [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL221054/newstead/topic/community