6.0% ▼ -41.1%
Lower than 98% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 10.1%
- 2016: 11.3%
- 2021: 6.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Roper Gulf · Council (LGA)
Community Participation in Roper Gulf
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly half of all adults in Roper Gulf provide unpaid childcare, the highest rate for this area. While family care is common, other forms of community involvement are less frequent, and volunteer rates have fallen since 2011.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 6.0% of people here volunteer, which is well below the 14.1% seen across both the Northern Territory and Australia. This figure has fallen 4.1 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is very common here, with 46.7% caring for children—far above the national figure of 26.3%. This is alongside 26.6% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, which is well above the territory average.
12.9% ▼ -8.0%
Higher than 62% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 14.0%
- 2016: 8.8%
- 2021: 12.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
46.7% ▲ +9.2%
Higher than 99% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 42.7%
- 2016: 39.2%
- 2021: 46.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.6% ▲ +28.1%
Higher than 90% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 20.8%
- 2016: 13.3%
- 2021: 26.6%
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.
Only 2.0% of the population has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is much lower than most other areas and well below the Northern Territory average of 5.2%.
2.0%
Lower than 80% 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 Roper Gulf [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA73600/roper-gulf/topic/community