18.8% ▼ -7.1%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.2%
- 2016: 21.8%
- 2021: 18.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bees Creek · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Bees Creek
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly one in five people in Bees Creek volunteer their time, making it a place where residents are far more likely to help out than those in the rest of the Territory. This spirit of contribution is seen across the area, from high rates of unpaid housework to a strong presence of Defence Force veterans.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 18.8% of residents volunteer, which is well above the 14.1% figure seen across both the Northern Territory and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, with 24.9% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, a figure well above the national average. Meanwhile, 27.2% provide unpaid childcare, which is higher than most areas and about the same as the Australian figure of 26.3%.
9.8% ▼ -6.0%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.5%
- 2016: 7.3%
- 2021: 9.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.2% ▲ +17.2%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.2%
- 2016: 25.3%
- 2021: 27.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.9% ▲ +8.7%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.9%
- 2016: 24.4%
- 2021: 24.9%
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.
Defence service is much more common here than in most other areas, with 4.9% of people having served, which is a little above the 2.8% national average.
4.9%
Higher than 80% 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 Bees Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70026/bees-creek/topic/community