13.6% ▼ -20.6%
Lower than 57% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 17.2%
- 2016: 18.3%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Alligator · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Community Participation in Alligator
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far fewer people provide unpaid childcare in Alligator compared to the rest of the Territory. While 13.6% of the population volunteers, the area is most notable for its high rate of former or current Defence Force members.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 13.6% of people here volunteer, which is around the middle for similar areas and about the same as the national figure. This is a drop of 3.5 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
The share of people caring for children unpaid is 19.6%, which is far below the Northern Territory figure of 30.2%. Meanwhile, 10.0% of residents provide unpaid care, a rate that is much lower than most areas.
10.0% ▲ +10.7%
Lower than 81% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 9.0%
- 2016: 9.3%
- 2021: 10.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
19.6% ▼ -15.5%
Lower than 87% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 23.2%
- 2016: 23.4%
- 2021: 19.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.1% ▼ -3.9%
Lower than 70% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 19.9%
- 2016: 20.1%
- 2021: 19.1%
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.
A higher proportion of people have served in the Defence Force here than in most areas, with 3.8% of the population having served. This is a little above the Australian average of 2.8%.
3.8%
Higher than 74% 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 Alligator [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/702031057/alligator/topic/community