17.6% ▼ -20.4%
Higher than 71% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 22.0%
- 2016: 22.6%
- 2021: 17.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Larapinta · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Community Participation in Larapinta
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A higher-than-average share of people in Larapinta step up to volunteer compared to the rest of the Territory. While 17.6% of the community volunteer, this is a drop from 22% in 2011. The area also sees more people providing unpaid childcare than the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is more common here than in most other areas, with 17.6% of people helping out. This is well above the 14.1% seen across both the Northern Territory and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is very common, with 31.2% of people providing this care, which is well above the national figure. However, those doing 15 or more hours of housework (17.4%) and those providing other unpaid care (9.1%) are much lower than in most areas.
9.1% ▲ +27.8%
Lower than 87% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 7.1%
- 2016: 8.2%
- 2021: 9.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
31.2% ▲ +2.2%
Higher than 81% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 30.5%
- 2016: 31.3%
- 2021: 31.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
17.4% ▼ -8.0%
Lower than 81% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 18.9%
- 2016: 17.7%
- 2021: 17.4%
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 2.7% of residents have served in the Defence Force. This is about the same as the Australian average of 2.8%, though a little below the Northern Territory's 5.2%.
2.7%
Lower 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 Larapinta [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/702011048/larapinta/topic/community