10.1% ▼ -18.2%
Lower than 87% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 12.3%
- 2016: 15.7%
- 2021: 10.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Barkly · Sub-region (SA3)
Community Participation in Barkly
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
About 35.9% of people in Barkly provide unpaid childcare, a figure that is among the highest for similar areas. While child care is common, other forms of community involvement like volunteering are much lower than in the rest of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 10.1% of residents volunteer, which is well below the national and territory figure of 14.1%. This level of participation has fallen by 2.2 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Many people here provide unpaid care for children, sitting well above the Australian figure of 26.3%. Those doing 15 or more hours of unpaid housework rose to 19.0% since 2011, while the 9.7% who provide other unpaid care is much lower than in most areas.
9.7% ▲ +7.6%
Lower than 86% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 9.1%
- 2016: 12.6%
- 2021: 9.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
35.9% ▲ +17.6%
Higher than 99% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 30.5%
- 2016: 32.0%
- 2021: 35.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.0% ▲ +55.9%
Lower than 72% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 12.2%
- 2016: 11.7%
- 2021: 19.0%
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.
Just 1.7% of the population has served in the Defence Force. This is well below the Northern Territory figure of 5.2% and a little below the national average of 2.8%.
1.7%
Lower than 84% 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 Barkly [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/70202/barkly/topic/community