22.6% ▼ -7.2%
Higher than 80% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 24.4%
- 2016: 19.7%
- 2021: 22.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Newhaven · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Newhaven
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly a quarter of people in Newhaven give their time to volunteer work, making it a place where community contribution is much more common than in most other areas. While formal volunteering has dipped slightly since 2011, high levels of unpaid care and housework still shape daily life for many residents.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 22.6% of people here volunteer, a figure that is well above the national average of 14.1%. This is much higher than most similar areas, even though the rate fell slightly from 24.4% in 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is very common here, with 18.2% of people providing care and 31.6% doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, both of which are far above the Victorian figures. In contrast, the 20.6% of people caring for children unpaid is well below the national average.
18.2% ▲ +73.3%
Higher than 94% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 10.5%
- 2016: 13.5%
- 2021: 18.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.6% ▼ -24.8%
Lower than 70% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 27.5%
- 2016: 26.4%
- 2021: 20.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
31.6% ▲ +24.9%
Higher than 94% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 25.3%
- 2016: 24.2%
- 2021: 31.6%
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 small number of residents have served in the Defence Force, at 2.8%. This is about the same as the national and state figures, though it is lower than in most similar areas.
2.8%
Lower than 71% 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 Newhaven [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL222063/newhaven/topic/community