3.9% ▼ -57.2%
Lower than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.2%
- 2016: 1.9%
- 2021: 3.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Angurugu · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Angurugu
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Daily life in Angurugu is heavily focused on home and family, with 64% of people providing unpaid childcare. While family duties are a priority, this community has a much lower rate of formal volunteering compared to the rest of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 3.9% of people here volunteer, which is far below the national figure of 14.1% and among the lowest rates for similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is very common here; 64% of people care for children, and 39.2% spend 15 or more hours a week on housework. This is far above both the Northern Territory and Australian averages.
16.4% ▲ +9.1%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.0%
- 2016: 15.0%
- 2021: 16.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
64.0% ▲ +12.7%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 56.8%
- 2016: 37.5%
- 2021: 64.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
39.2% ▲ +100.0%
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.6%
- 2016: 32.6%
- 2021: 39.2%
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.
Very few people have served in the Defence Force, at 0.7%, which is lower than most areas and well below the Northern Territory average of 5.2%.
0.7%
Lower than 70% 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 Angurugu [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70011/angurugu/topic/community