14.5% ▼ -14.0%
Lower than 71% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 16.8%
- 2016: 15.5%
- 2021: 14.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Litchfield · Council (LGA)
Community Participation in Litchfield
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 25% of people in Litchfield provide unpaid child care, making it the most prominent form of community support in the area. While the region has a very high number of Defence Force veterans, other forms of volunteering and unpaid care are less common than in many other parts of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.5% of residents volunteer, which is lower than most similar areas. This figure is about the same as the national and territory totals, though it has fallen by 2.4 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is less common here than in other areas, with only 8.7% of people providing general unpaid care. Similarly, 24.3% of residents provide unpaid child care, which is well below the Northern Territory figure of 30.2%.
8.7% ▲ +16.0%
Lower than 86% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 7.5%
- 2016: 7.2%
- 2021: 8.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.3% ▼ -10.4%
Lower than 55% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 27.1%
- 2016: 23.6%
- 2021: 24.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.0% ▼ -10.1%
Lower than 67% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 22.2%
- 2016: 17.8%
- 2021: 20.0%
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.
A high 7.8% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is among the highest rates for this level of area. This is well above the Australian figure of 2.8%.
7.8%
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 Litchfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA72300/litchfield/topic/community