14.6% ▲ +5.0%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.9%
- 2016: 13.5%
- 2021: 14.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Darwin City · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Darwin City
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A striking gap in unpaid care separates Darwin City from the rest of the country. While 8.7% of people here have served in the Defence Force, the area has much lower rates of unpaid caregiving than the Northern Territory or Australia. This reflects a population less focused on domestic care and more linked to military service.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.6% of people in Darwin City volunteer, which is lower than most similar areas. This figure is about the same as the totals for both the Northern Territory and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is very uncommon here, with only 5.0% of people providing this support. This is well below the national figure, and is mirrored by the fact that far fewer people here care for children or do heavy housework compared to the rest of the country.
5.0% ▲ +7.6%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.6%
- 2016: 4.4%
- 2021: 5.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
13.7% ▲ +25.6%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.9%
- 2016: 13.5%
- 2021: 13.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
9.2% ▲ +22.8%
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.5%
- 2016: 8.1%
- 2021: 9.2%
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.
Military service is very common in Darwin City, where 8.7% of residents have served in the Defence Force. This is among the highest levels for any similar area and is well above the rates for the Northern Territory and Australia.
8.7%
Higher than 93% 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 Darwin City [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70073/darwin-city/topic/community