6.6% ▲ +54.3%
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.3%
- 2016: 13.0%
- 2021: 6.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Anmatjere · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Anmatjere
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A huge gap exists between Anmatjere and the rest of the country in how people contribute to their community. While unpaid childcare is very common here, formal volunteering is much lower than the national figure. This suggests a community where support is focused heavily on the home and family.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 6.6% of people in Anmatjere volunteer, which is among the lowest for similar areas and well below the 14.1% seen across both the Northern Territory and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is a major part of life here, with 40.3% of people providing this care—far above the national figure of 26.3%. This high rate of childcare goes alongside 23.6% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework, which is well above the territory average.
12.2% ▲ +9.3%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.2%
- 2016: 23.4%
- 2021: 12.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
40.3% ▲ +31.4%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.7%
- 2016: 44.4%
- 2021: 40.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.6% ▲ +176.4%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.5%
- 2016: 12.7%
- 2021: 23.6%
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 Anmatjere has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is well below the Northern Territory's 5.2% and a little below the national average.
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 Anmatjere [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70013/anmatjere/topic/community