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New Auckland
Volunteering
Volunteering is slightly lower than the region in New Auckland with 560 people aged 15 years and over providing volunteer services, which is equal to 14 per cent of the community. This compares to 16.2 per cent for the Gladstone Region.
The number of volunteers has decreased between 2021 and 2011. In 2011 the number of volunteers was 662 (18.8 per cent volunteer rate), compared to 913 in 2016 (23.8 per cent volunteer rate), decreasing to 560 people in 2021 or a 14 per cent volunteer rate. There has been a net decrease in the number of volunteers in New Auckland between 2021 and 2011 of 102.
There are currently seven active community groups in the area, five community sporting groups.