5.1% ▼ -8.1%
Lower than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 5.5%
- 2016: 10.2%
- 2021: 5.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Sandover - Plenty · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Community Participation in Sandover - Plenty
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Over a third of people provide unpaid childcare in Sandover - Plenty, which is far more than the national figure. This highlights a strong focus on family care in an area where other forms of community involvement are much lower than usual.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very low here, with only 5.1% of people helping out. This is well below the 14.1% seen across Australia and the Northern Territory, and it has barely changed since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 35.1% of people provide unpaid childcare—a rate well above the national average—those doing 15 or more hours of housework (12.4%) and those providing other unpaid care (6.9%) are both among the lowest in similar areas.
6.9% ▼ -29.0%
Lower than 95% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 9.7%
- 2016: 13.6%
- 2021: 6.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
35.1% ▲ +15.3%
Higher than 91% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 30.5%
- 2016: 40.5%
- 2021: 35.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
12.4% ▲ +26.7%
Lower than 95% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 9.8%
- 2016: 14.8%
- 2021: 12.4%
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.
Defence service is uncommon in this area, with only 0.5% of residents having served. This is well below the 5.2% recorded across the Northern Territory.
0.5%
Lower than 99% 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 Sandover - Plenty [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/702011052/sandover-plenty/topic/community