4.3% ▼ -70.6%
Lower than 99% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 14.5%
- 2016: 7.6%
- 2021: 4.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
0829, NT · Postcode
Community Participation in 0829, NT
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A huge 28% of people in postcode 0829 have served in the Defence Force, making it one of the highest rates for this experience. In contrast, other forms of community involvement are very low, with volunteering and unpaid care figures sitting well below the national average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 4.3% of residents volunteer, which is well below the 14.1% seen across Australia and the Northern Territory. This represents a sharp drop of 10 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is uncommon here, with only 1.7% of people providing care and 3% caring for children. These figures are far below the national average and have all fallen since 2011.
1.7% ▼ -70.1%
Lower than 99% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 5.8%
- 2016: 1.3%
- 2021: 1.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
3.0% ▼ -63.7%
Lower than 99% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 8.3%
- 2016: 3.0%
- 2021: 3.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
2.7% ▼ -51.6%
Lower than 99% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 5.5%
- 2016: 2.7%
- 2021: 2.7%
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.
The presence of Defence personnel is striking, as 28% of the population has served in the Defence Force. This is far above the 5.2% found across the Northern Territory and the 2.8% national figure.
28.0%
Higher than 99% of postcode 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 0829, NT [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA0829/0829-nt/topic/community