0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Buchanan · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Buchanan
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Very little change has been seen in community involvement in Buchanan since 2011. This is a sparsely populated area where no residents report volunteering or having served in the Defence Force. While some people manage the home, overall unpaid care and community service are far below the national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
No one in Buchanan reports volunteering, which is among the lowest rates for similar areas and far below the 14.1% national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
About 26.7% of people do more than 15 hours of unpaid housework, well above the national figure of 20.7%. However, those providing unpaid care or caring for children are well below the figures for the Territory and Australia.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.9%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.7% ▼ -12.2%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.7%
- 2016: 26.1%
- 2021: 21.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.7% ▲ +575.6%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.9%
- 2016: 8.7%
- 2021: 26.7%
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 residents here have served in the Defence Force, which is lower than most areas and well below the Northern Territory average 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 Buchanan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70041/buchanan/topic/community