4.9% ▼ -36.1%
Lower than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 7.6%
- 2016: 9.6%
- 2021: 4.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Tanami · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Community Participation in Tanami
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A huge gap in volunteering marks Tanami, where only 4.9% of people help out, well below the national figure of 14.1%. While community volunteering is low, nearly half of the residents are heavily involved in unpaid childcare. This creates a unique community profile where domestic care is very common but formal volunteering is rare.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is among the lowest in the region, with only 4.9% of residents participating. This is well below the Northern Territory's 14.1% and has fallen by 2.7 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is very common here, with 48.9% of people providing care, which is far above the national figure of 26.3%. More people also do at least 15 hours of housework weekly compared to the rest of the territory, though the number of people providing general unpaid care has fallen slightly since 2011.
11.9% ▼ -17.8%
Lower than 56% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 14.5%
- 2016: 21.0%
- 2021: 11.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
48.9% ▲ +17.5%
Higher than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 41.6%
- 2016: 47.5%
- 2021: 48.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.9% ▲ +67.5%
Lower than 52% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 12.5%
- 2016: 19.3%
- 2021: 20.9%
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.
Only 0.5% of the population has served in the Defence Force. This is well below the Northern Territory's 5.2% and a little below the Australian average of 2.8%.
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 Tanami [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/702011053/tanami/topic/community