11.7% ▲ +10.7%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.6%
- 2016: 19.4%
- 2021: 11.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Tanami · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Tanami
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Over half of the people in Tanami provide unpaid childcare, a figure far above the rest of the country. This community sees a very high amount of unpaid work and care compared to other areas, though formal volunteering is less common.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 11.7% of people volunteer, which is much lower than most areas and well below the Western Australian figure of 15.9%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very common here, with 31.5% of people providing unpaid care and 38.3% doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, both far above the national figures.
31.5% ▲ +170.9%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.6%
- 2016: 22.4%
- 2021: 31.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
54.9% ▲ +48.2%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 37.0%
- 2016: 31.1%
- 2021: 54.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
38.3% ▲ +1046.3%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.3%
- 2016: 3.3%
- 2021: 38.3%
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 0.8% of the population, which is a little below the Australian average of 2.8%.
0.8%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality 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 Tanami [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51433/tanami/topic/community