12.5% ▼ -24.5%
Lower than 66% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 16.6%
- 2016: 16.8%
- 2021: 12.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Tennant Creek · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Community Participation in Tennant Creek
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A high proportion of residents in Tennant Creek balance their daily lives with unpaid care for others. While volunteering has declined, the number of people providing unpaid support to children and other family members has grown significantly since 2011.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 12.5% of people volunteer, which is lower than most areas. This figure is a little below the Northern Territory and national rates of 14.1%, and it has fallen by 4.1 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 32.8% of people caring for children—a figure well above the Australian average of 26.3%. Additionally, 12.9% provide other unpaid care, which is well above the Northern Territory figure of 9.5%.
12.9% ▲ +45.9%
Higher than 62% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 8.9%
- 2016: 10.2%
- 2021: 12.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
32.8% ▲ +21.4%
Higher than 87% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 27.0%
- 2016: 25.1%
- 2021: 32.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
15.2% ▲ +41.7%
Lower than 89% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 10.7%
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 15.2%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 2.2% of the population. This is lower than most areas and a little below the Northern Territory rate of 5.2%.
2.2%
Lower than 68% 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 Tennant Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/702021056/tennant-creek/topic/community