0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 6.7%
- 2016: 12.2%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Belyuen · Council (LGA)
Community Participation in Belyuen
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people in Belyuen are involved in unpaid care and volunteering than they were in 2011. The most striking change is in childcare, where the proportion of people providing unpaid care for children has dropped by 19 percentage points over the last decade.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
No one in Belyuen reported volunteering in 2021, which is far below the Northern Territory and national figures of 14.1%. This is a significant drop from 2011, when 6.7% of residents volunteered.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much lower than in most areas, with only 8.7% of people providing unpaid care and 4.8% doing 15 or more hours of housework. This is consistent with the child care rate, which fell to 20.6% and is well below the national figure of 26.3%.
8.7% ▼ -43.3%
Lower than 86% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 15.4%
- 2016: 11.5%
- 2021: 8.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.6% ▼ -48.2%
Lower than 82% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 39.8%
- 2016: 41.2%
- 2021: 20.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
4.8% ▲ +4.0%
Lower than 99% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 4.6%
- 2016: 17.6%
- 2021: 4.8%
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.
No residents in Belyuen have served in the Defence Force, a rate that is well below the Northern Territory average of 5.2%.
0.0%
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 Belyuen [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA70540/belyuen/topic/community