3.2% ▼ -87.8%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.4%
- 2016: 13.4%
- 2021: 3.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Daly River · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Daly River
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Only 3.2% of people volunteer in Daly River, a figure that is far below both the Territory and national rates of 14.1%. This low level of community volunteering is mirrored by a smaller proportion of people providing unpaid care compared to most other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteer rates are among the lowest for similar areas, sitting at 3.2%, which is 11 percentage points lower than the Northern Territory and Australian figures.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much lower than most areas, with only 6.5% of people providing care and 16.1% caring for children unpaid, which is far below the Territory's 30.2%. Just 15.1% of residents do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, a figure well below the national average.
6.5% ▼ -49.5%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.8%
- 2016: 7.2%
- 2021: 6.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
16.1% ▼ -41.8%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.7%
- 2016: 20.6%
- 2021: 16.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
15.1% ▼ -28.5%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.1%
- 2016: 25.8%
- 2021: 15.1%
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.
A higher proportion of the community has served in the Defence Force than most other areas. At 6.5%, this is a little above the Northern Territory rate of 5.2% and well above the Australian figure of 2.8%.
6.5%
Higher than 88% 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 Daly River [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70071/daly-river/topic/community