# Community Participation — Thamarrurr

How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.

Area: Thamarrurr (Statistical Area 2 (SA2))

Daily life in Thamarrurr involves a very high level of unpaid family responsibility, with nearly half of all residents caring for children. While formal volunteering is low, the community is defined by these significant home-based commitments.

Only 6.0% of people volunteer here, which is well below the national and territory figure of 14.1%. This low level of formal volunteering has barely changed since 2011.

Unpaid work is very common, as 48.7% of people care for children and 31.8% do at least 15 hours of housework weekly—both rates are far above the national average. Around 12.3% provide other unpaid care, which is about the same as the Australian figure.

Only 1.4% of the population has served in the Defence Force, a rate that is much lower than most similar areas and well below the Northern Territory figure of 5.2%.

## Statistics

| Statistic | Value | Change since |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Volunteers | 6.0% | +13.2% since 2011 |
| People providing unpaid care | 12.3% | -15.9% since 2011 |
| People caring for children unpaid | 48.7% | -29.2% since 2011 |
| People who served in the Defence Force | 1.4% | — |
| People doing 15+ hours of unpaid housework | 31.8% | -38.3% since 2011 |

Interactive: https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/702031059/thamarrurr/topic/community