13.0% ▼ -27.7%
Lower than 78% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 18.0%
- 2016: 19.9%
- 2021: 13.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
0886, NT · Postcode
Community Participation in 0886, NT
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far fewer people volunteer in postcode 0886 than in most similar areas. Only 13.0% of residents give their time to community work, a figure that has fallen 5.0 percentage points since 2011.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is less common here than across the Northern Territory and Australia, with 13.0% of people participating.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 27.7% of people provide unpaid childcare—which is a little above the national figure—only 7.6% provide other types of unpaid care, among the lowest levels for similar areas. Very few residents spend 15 or more hours a week on housework, at just 16.2%.
7.6% ▲ +28.3%
Lower than 92% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 5.9%
- 2016: 6.1%
- 2021: 7.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.7% ▲ +3.5%
Higher than 68% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 26.8%
- 2016: 28.7%
- 2021: 27.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
16.2% ▲ +1.0%
Lower than 88% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 16.1%
- 2016: 15.1%
- 2021: 16.2%
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.
Defence service is commonality here, with 2.7% of the population having served, which is about the same as the Australian average.
2.7%
Lower than 57% 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 0886, NT [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA0886/0886-nt/topic/community