14.9% ▼ -20.8%
Lower than 68% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 18.8%
- 2016: 17.1%
- 2021: 14.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Katherine · Council (LGA)
Community Participation in Katherine
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 10% of people in Katherine have served in the Defence Force, a rate far higher than across the rest of the country. This strong military presence shapes the local community, though rates of volunteering and unpaid care are generally lower than the national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.9% of residents volunteer, which is roughly the same as the national figure. This represents a drop from 2011, when 18.8% of people volunteered.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is less common here than in most areas, with only 8.1% of people providing it. This is well below the national figure of 11.9%, and the number of people doing 15 or more hours of housework is also much lower than the Australian average.
8.1% ▲ +18.8%
Lower than 88% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 6.8%
- 2016: 6.5%
- 2021: 8.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.7% ▼ -13.6%
Lower than 51% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 28.6%
- 2016: 24.1%
- 2021: 24.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
16.0% ▼ -9.8%
Lower than 86% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 17.8%
- 2016: 13.9%
- 2021: 16.0%
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.
Military service is very common in Katherine, where 9.8% of people have served. This is well above the 5.2% seen across the Northern Territory and more than triple the Australian rate of 2.8%.
9.8%
Higher 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 Katherine [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA72200/katherine/topic/community