34.5% ▼ -12.4%
Higher than 96% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 39.4%
- 2016: 40.2%
- 2021: 34.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Northern Areas · Council (LGA)
Community Participation in Northern Areas
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Volunteer rates have dropped by 4.9 percentage points since 2011 in Northern Areas, though community involvement remains very high. Over a third of residents still volunteer, far exceeding the figures for both the state and the nation.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Around 34.5% of people volunteer here, which is among the highest rates for similar areas and far above the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common, with 27.3% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework, well above the Australian average. Similarly, 14.0% provide unpaid care, a figure much higher than most other areas.
14.0% ▲ +9.2%
Higher than 85% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 12.9%
- 2016: 13.1%
- 2021: 14.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.4% ▼ -12.5%
Lower than 53% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 27.9%
- 2016: 25.3%
- 2021: 24.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.3% ▼ -11.7%
Higher than 93% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 30.9%
- 2016: 27.9%
- 2021: 27.3%
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 more common here than in most areas, with 3.3% of residents having served in the Defence Force.
3.3%
Higher than 60% of council (lga) 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 Northern Areas [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA45120/northern-areas/topic/community