14.3% ▼ -14.0%
Lower than 57% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 16.7%
- 2016: 15.3%
- 2021: 14.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Litchfield · Sub-region (SA3)
Community Participation in Litchfield
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A strong military presence defines daily life in Litchfield, where the proportion of people who have served in the Defence Force is among the highest in the country. While this service history stands out, other forms of community contribution, such as volunteering and unpaid care, generally follow national patterns.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.3% of residents volunteer, which is about the same as the figures for the Northern Territory and Australia. This is a decline from 2011, when 16.7% of people were volunteering.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is much lower here than in the Northern Territory, at 24.4%. Only 8.6% of people provide unpaid care, a figure that is well below the national average, though it has risen slightly since 2011.
8.6% ▲ +14.0%
Lower than 90% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 7.6%
- 2016: 7.2%
- 2021: 8.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.4% ▼ -10.0%
Lower than 63% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 27.2%
- 2016: 23.6%
- 2021: 24.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.8% ▼ -10.6%
Lower than 64% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 22.2%
- 2016: 17.8%
- 2021: 19.8%
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.
Serving in the Defence Force is very common here, with 7.8% of residents having done so. This is well above the Australian figure of 2.8% and a little above the 5.2% seen across the Northern Territory.
7.8%
Higher than 99% of sub-region (sa3) 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 Litchfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/70103/litchfield/topic/community