15.8% ▼ -15.7%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.8%
- 2016: 18.6%
- 2021: 15.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Adelaide River · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Adelaide River
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Daily life in Adelaide River involves a modest amount of unpaid work and community support. About 15.8% of residents volunteer their time, which is a little above the figures for both the Northern Territory and Australia. This highlights a community where a small but steady group helps out locally.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is more common here than in the national and territory figures, with 15.8% of people helping out, though this is lower than most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Far fewer people provide unpaid childcare here than in the rest of the country, at just 14.7%. This is much lower than most areas and far below the Northern Territory's 30.2%.
10.0% ▲ +2.1%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.8%
- 2016: 10.4%
- 2021: 10.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
14.7% ▼ -50.6%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.7%
- 2016: 20.4%
- 2021: 14.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
17.8% ▼ -4.4%
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.6%
- 2016: 20.1%
- 2021: 17.8%
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.
About 3.1% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the Australian figure but a little below the Northern Territory's 5.2%.
3.1%
Higher than 57% 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 Adelaide River [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70002/adelaide-river/topic/community