7.0% —
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 13.9%
- 2021: 7.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Delamere · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Delamere
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Only 7% of people volunteer in Delamere, which is well below the national figure. This low level of community involvement extends to other areas of unpaid work and service, making the area stand out for its lack of participation compared to the rest of the territory.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is rare here, with only 7% of residents helping out, a figure that is well below both the Northern Territory and Australian averages of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much lower than in most areas, with only 12.3% of people caring for children and 5.3% providing other unpaid care. Meanwhile, 17.5% of residents do 15 or more hours of housework, which is about the same as the territory average.
5.3% —
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 5.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
12.3% —
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 12.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
17.5% —
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 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.
No one in the community has served in the Defence Force, a result that is well below the Northern Territory figure 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 Delamere [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70077/delamere/topic/community