20.3% ▼ -0.1%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.3%
- 2016: 23.3%
- 2021: 20.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Brinkin · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Brinkin
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than one in five people in Brinkin volunteer their time, which is a much higher rate than the national figure. This strong level of community spirit is a standout feature of daily life in the area.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Around 20.3% of residents volunteer, which is well above the 14.1% seen across both the Northern Territory and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Care roles are less common here than in most areas; only 17.5% of people do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, and those caring for children unpaid (24.2%) are well below the territory average.
10.9% ▲ +85.0%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.9%
- 2016: 9.7%
- 2021: 10.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.2% ▲ +8.0%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.5%
- 2016: 23.0%
- 2021: 24.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
17.5% ▲ +28.5%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.6%
- 2016: 16.2%
- 2021: 17.5%
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.
About 2.3% of the population has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is a little below the Northern Territory average of 5.2%.
2.3%
Lower than 57% 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 Brinkin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70040/brinkin/topic/community