14.3% ▼ -22.7%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.5%
- 2016: 18.7%
- 2021: 14.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Batchelor · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Batchelor
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A strong military connection defines daily life in Batchelor, where 4.4% of the population have served in the Defence Force. While volunteering rates are typical for the region, the area sees much lower levels of unpaid childcare and housework than other Australian towns.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.3% of people here volunteer, a figure that is about the same as the Northern Territory and national rates.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much lower than in most areas; only 18.1% of people care for children unpaid, which is far below the Northern Territory's 30.2%. This trend continues with housework, where only 13.4% spend 15 or more hours a week on chores, well below the national figure.
10.0% ▲ +6.2%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.4%
- 2016: 9.2%
- 2021: 10.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
18.1% ▲ +8.0%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.7%
- 2016: 22.4%
- 2021: 18.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
13.4% ▼ -14.0%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.6%
- 2016: 16.5%
- 2021: 13.4%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 4.4% of the population, which is much higher than in most areas and a little above the Australian average.
4.4%
Higher than 75% 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 Batchelor [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70024/batchelor/topic/community