6.3% ▼ -39.1%
Lower than 97% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 10.4%
- 2016: 8.6%
- 2021: 6.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Tiwi Islands · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Community Participation in Tiwi Islands
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Just 6.3% of people in the Tiwi Islands volunteer, a figure that is well below the national average. This reflects a broader trend of declining community participation across several areas. While child care is common, other forms of unpaid support and service are far less frequent here than in most of Australia.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering has fallen to 6.3% since 2011, which is among the lowest rates for similar areas and well below the 14.1% figure for the Northern Territory and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
About 30% of people provide unpaid childcare, which is well above the national figure. However, other forms of help are rare; only 6% do 15 or more hours of housework and 6.3% provide general unpaid care, both of which are far below the national average.
6.3% ▼ -42.4%
Lower than 97% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 11.0%
- 2016: 10.1%
- 2021: 6.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.0% ▼ -20.5%
Higher than 75% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 37.7%
- 2016: 27.8%
- 2021: 30.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
6.0% ▼ -43.4%
Lower than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 10.5%
- 2016: 15.5%
- 2021: 6.0%
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 1.9% of the population, which is lower than most areas and well below the Northern Territory's 5.2%.
1.9%
Lower 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 Tiwi Islands [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/702031060/tiwi-islands/topic/community