17.4% ▼ -20.5%
Lower than 51% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 21.9%
- 2016: 22.2%
- 2021: 17.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Alice Springs · Council (LGA)
Community Participation in Alice Springs
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A high rate of volunteering marks Alice Springs, where 17.4% of people give their time to help others. This is well above both the Northern Territory and national figures of 14.1%. While community spirit remains strong, the proportion of volunteers has fallen by 4.5 percentage points since 2011.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 17.4% of residents volunteer, a figure that sits around the middle for similar areas. This level of participation is well above the 14.1% seen across Australia and the Northern Territory.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Childcare is a common unpaid task here, with 27.2% of people providing this care. However, the proportion of people doing 15 or more hours of housework (16.3%) and those providing other unpaid care (8.7%) are both well below the national figures.
8.7% ▲ +11.6%
Lower than 86% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 7.8%
- 2016: 8.4%
- 2021: 8.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.2% ▼ -1.3%
Higher than 69% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 27.6%
- 2016: 26.5%
- 2021: 27.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
16.3% ▼ -5.1%
Lower than 86% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 17.1%
- 2016: 15.7%
- 2021: 16.3%
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 less common here than in most areas, with 2.7% of the population having served. This is a little below the Northern Territory's 5.2% and about the same as the national figure of 2.8%.
2.7%
Lower than 61% 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 Alice Springs [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA70200/alice-springs/topic/community