6.3% ▼ -28.0%
Lower than 98% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 8.7%
- 2016: 8.4%
- 2021: 6.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Central Desert · Council (LGA)
Community Participation in Central Desert
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly half of all residents in Central Desert provide unpaid childcare, a rate far above the national figure. While family care is common, other forms of community involvement are low, with very few people volunteering or serving in the defence force.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 6.3% of people here volunteer, which is well below the 14.1% seen across Australia and the Northern Territory. This figure has fallen by 2.4 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is very common here at 46.7%, which is far above the national figure of 26.3%. In contrast, those providing other unpaid care fell to 9.3%, and only 12.1% do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework weekly.
9.3% ▼ -43.0%
Lower than 81% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 16.4%
- 2016: 14.2%
- 2021: 9.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
46.7% ▲ +11.5%
Higher than 99% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 41.9%
- 2016: 49.2%
- 2021: 46.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
12.1% ▼ -13.0%
Lower than 93% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 13.9%
- 2016: 21.4%
- 2021: 12.1%
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.
Just 1.2% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is well below the Northern Territory rate of 5.2%.
1.2%
Lower than 94% 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 Central Desert [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA70620/central-desert/topic/community