6.1% ▼ -64.3%
Lower than 98% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 17.2%
- 2016: 19.7%
- 2021: 6.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
East Arnhem · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Community Participation in East Arnhem
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people provide unpaid care in East Arnhem than in other parts of the country, though volunteering has dropped. Over half the population helps raise children without pay, which is a striking contrast to the rest of the Northern Territory.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 6.1% of people here volunteer, which is well below the 14.1% figure for both the Territory and Australia. This is a significant drop from 2011, when 17.2% of residents volunteered.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is very common, with 58.5% of people caring for children—far above the national figure of 26.3%. While 18.1% provide other types of unpaid care, which is well above the national average, this is actually 9.9 percentage points lower than in 2011.
18.1% ▼ -35.3%
Higher than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 28.0%
- 2016: 24.6%
- 2021: 18.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
58.5% ▲ +2.3%
Higher than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 57.1%
- 2016: 58.0%
- 2021: 58.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.9% ▲ +60.7%
Lower than 62% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 12.4%
- 2016: 14.2%
- 2021: 19.9%
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 1.2% of residents have served in the Defence Force, a figure that is much lower than most other areas and well below the Northern Territory's 5.2%.
1.2%
Lower than 87% 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 East Arnhem [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/702041063/east-arnhem/topic/community