17.8% ▼ -22.8%
Higher than 51% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 23.0%
- 2016: 30.8%
- 2021: 17.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
0885, NT · Postcode
Community Participation in 0885, NT
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than a third of people in postcode 0885 provide unpaid childcare, a figure well above the national average. This community shows a strong tendency toward family-based care and volunteering, though the rate of formal volunteering has dropped since 2011.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 17.8% of residents volunteer, which is well above the 14.1% seen across both the Northern Territory and Australia. However, this figure has fallen by 5.2 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 34.7% of people provide unpaid childcare—well above the national figure of 26.3%—only 4.0% provide other unpaid care, which is well below the Australian average. Those doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly rose to 18.6% since 2011.
4.0% ▼ -40.9%
Lower than 99% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 6.8%
- 2016: 4.3%
- 2021: 4.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
34.7% ▼ -0.1%
Higher than 96% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 34.7%
- 2016: 38.2%
- 2021: 34.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.6% ▲ +15.4%
Lower than 80% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 16.1%
- 2016: 17.5%
- 2021: 18.6%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 3.0% of the population. This is about the same as the Australian figure, but a little below the Northern Territory rate of 5.2%.
3.0%
Higher than 51% 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 0885, NT [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA0885/0885-nt/topic/community