16.2% ▼ -11.8%
Higher than 62% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 18.3%
- 2016: 19.1%
- 2021: 16.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Tiwi · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Community Participation in Tiwi
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people have spent time on unpaid housework and childcare since 2011 in Tiwi. While 16.2% of residents now volunteer—a figure slightly higher than the national average—overall levels of unpaid domestic work have dropped over the last decade.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16.2% of people in Tiwi volunteer, which is a little above the 14.1% figure for both the Northern Territory and Australia. This is a drop from 2011, when 18.3% of the community volunteered.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid housework is much less common here than in most areas, with only 15.8% of people spending 15 or more hours a week on it. Similarly, the 23.7% of people caring for children unpaid is well below the Northern Territory figure of 30.2%.
10.8% ▲ +17.3%
Lower than 72% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 9.2%
- 2016: 9.7%
- 2021: 10.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.7% ▼ -6.8%
Lower than 68% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 25.5%
- 2016: 27.0%
- 2021: 23.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
15.8% ▼ -20.8%
Lower than 87% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 19.9%
- 2016: 18.0%
- 2021: 15.8%
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.
About 3.0% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is roughly the same as the Australian average of 2.8%.
3.0%
Higher than 55% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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 Tiwi [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/701021027/tiwi/topic/community