2.6% ▼ -46.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.8%
- 2016: 9.8%
- 2021: 2.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Anindilyakwa · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Anindilyakwa
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than 36% of people provide unpaid childcare in Anindilyakwa, which is a far higher rate than the national figure. While family care is common, other forms of community involvement like formal volunteering and defence service are very low.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 2.6% of people volunteer here, a figure that is far below both the Northern Territory and Australian averages of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is a major part of life, with 14.6% of people providing care and 36.4% looking after children, both of which are well above the state average. However, those doing 15 or more hours of housework each week are much lower than in most other areas.
14.6% ▼ -56.7%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.7%
- 2016: 12.2%
- 2021: 14.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
36.4% ▼ -21.2%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 46.2%
- 2016: 45.1%
- 2021: 36.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
15.9% ▼ -55.1%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.4%
- 2016: 37.8%
- 2021: 15.9%
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.
No one in the community has served in the Defence Force, which is well below the Northern Territory rate of 5.2%.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Anindilyakwa [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70012/anindilyakwa/topic/community