7.8% ▲ +39.1%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.6%
- 2016: 9.2%
- 2021: 7.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Barunga · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Barunga
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community participation in Barunga has shifted since 2011, with a very strong focus on family support. Over half of the residents provide unpaid child care, which is far above the national figure. However, very few people here volunteer for organisations.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 7.8% of people in Barunga volunteer, a figure that is well below both the Northern Territory and Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 50.7% of people caring for children—far above the 26.3% national figure. While 14.6% of residents provide general unpaid care, which is higher than most areas, only 16.9% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly.
14.6% ▼ -23.7%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.2%
- 2016: 9.2%
- 2021: 14.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
50.7% ▲ +2.8%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 49.3%
- 2016: 49.2%
- 2021: 50.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
16.9% ▲ +21.1%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.0%
- 2016: 2.0%
- 2021: 16.9%
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 Barunga 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 Barunga [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70023/barunga/topic/community