5.5% ▼ -26.1%
Lower than 99% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 7.5%
- 2016: 8.4%
- 2021: 5.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
MacDonnell · Council (LGA)
Community Participation in MacDonnell
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A striking gap exists in community involvement across MacDonnell, where unpaid childcare is very common but formal volunteering is rare. While nearly 40% of people provide unpaid childcare, only 5.5% of the population volunteers, which is well below the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 5.5% of residents volunteer, one of the lowest rates for areas of this type. This is well below the Northern Territory and national figures of 14.1%, and the rate has fallen 2.0 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is very common here, with 39.8% of people providing this care—far above the Australian average of 26.3%. Meanwhile, 12.0% of people provide other unpaid care, which is about the same as the national figure.
12.0% ▲ +5.4%
Lower than 53% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 11.4%
- 2016: 14.2%
- 2021: 12.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
39.8% ▲ +22.7%
Higher than 98% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 32.4%
- 2016: 35.2%
- 2021: 39.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
13.4% ▲ +15.6%
Lower than 91% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 11.6%
- 2016: 14.9%
- 2021: 13.4%
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.
Very few people in MacDonnell have served in the Defence Force, at just 0.3%. This is among the lowest rates for similar areas and sits well below the Northern Territory figure of 5.2%.
0.3%
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 MacDonnell [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA72330/macdonnell/topic/community