4.3% ▼ -63.4%
Lower than 99% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 11.8%
- 2016: 8.1%
- 2021: 4.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Ngaanyatjarraku · Council (LGA)
Community Participation in Ngaanyatjarraku
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A striking gap defines community life in Ngaanyatjarraku, where nearly half of all people provide unpaid childcare. While child care is very common, formal volunteering has dropped significantly and is now well below national levels.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 4.3% of people here volunteer, which is far below the Western Australian figure of 15.9%. This level of participation has fallen by 7.5 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is very common, with 48.4% of people caring for children—far above the national figure of 26.3%. Meanwhile, 20.4% do 15 or more hours of housework, which is about the same as the state and national figures.
10.9% ▼ -41.0%
Lower than 68% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 18.5%
- 2016: 23.4%
- 2021: 10.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
48.4% ▲ +22.8%
Higher than 99% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 39.4%
- 2016: 45.6%
- 2021: 48.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.4% ▼ -5.6%
Lower than 64% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 21.6%
- 2016: 14.8%
- 2021: 20.4%
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 rare in the area, with only 0.5% of people having served. This is a little below the national figure of 2.8%.
0.5%
Lower than 99% 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 Ngaanyatjarraku [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA56620/ngaanyatjarraku/topic/community