15.8% ▼ -17.7%
Lower than 61% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 19.2%
- 2016: 18.6%
- 2021: 15.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
0846, NT · Postcode
Community Participation in 0846, NT
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A sharp drop in unpaid childcare is the main story for postcode 0846 since 2011. While volunteering has also fallen over the last decade, the area remains a little above the national figure for community help. This shift highlights a changing pattern of how people spend their spare time in the region.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15.8% of people here volunteer, which is lower than most similar areas. This figure is a little above the 14.1% seen across Australia, though it has fallen 3.4 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Far fewer people provide unpaid childcare here than in the rest of the country, with only 14.7% doing so. This is a massive drop from 2011, when the figure was 31.3%. Meanwhile, those doing 15 or more hours of housework (17.8%) and those providing other unpaid care (10.0%) have both stayed roughly the same.
10.0% ▲ +2.1%
Lower than 82% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 9.8%
- 2016: 10.4%
- 2021: 10.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
14.7% ▼ -53.2%
Lower than 93% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 31.3%
- 2016: 20.4%
- 2021: 14.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
17.8% ▼ -3.4%
Lower than 84% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 18.4%
- 2016: 20.1%
- 2021: 17.8%
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.
Around 3.1% of residents have served in the Defence Force. This is about the same as the national figure of 2.8%, but a little below the Northern Territory average of 5.2%.
3.1%
Higher than 54% 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 0846, NT [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA0846/0846-nt/topic/community