11.5% —
Lower than 57% of capital city areas.
- 2016: 16.8%
- 2021: 11.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Rest of NT · Capital City
Community Participation in Rest of NT
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than a third of people in Rest of NT provide unpaid childcare, which is among the highest rates for any similar area. While child care is a major focus, other forms of community contribution and service are less common here than in the rest of the territory.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering has fallen since 2016, with 11.5% of people now helping out. This is a little below the 14.1% recorded for both the Northern Territory and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
A high 36.2% of people provide unpaid childcare, which is well above the national figure of 26.3%. Other unpaid work is more typical, with 17.6% doing 15 or more hours of housework and 10.4% providing general unpaid care.
10.4% —
Lower than 53% of capital city areas.
- 2016: 11.0%
- 2021: 10.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
36.2% —
Higher than 99% of capital city areas.
- 2016: 34.4%
- 2021: 36.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
17.6% —
Higher than 52% of capital city areas.
- 2016: 15.5%
- 2021: 17.6%
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.
Defence service is less common here than in other parts of the Northern Territory, with 2.9% of people having served. This is about the same as the Australian average of 2.8%.
2.9%
Lower than 69% of capital city 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 Rest of NT [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/gccsa/7RNTE/rest-of-nt/topic/community