14.1% ▼ -14.4%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.5%
- 2016: 18.1%
- 2021: 14.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Douglas-Daly · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Douglas-Daly
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Very few residents in Douglas-Daly spend their time on unpaid caregiving compared to other parts of the country. While volunteering is common, the community is marked by an unusually low rate of people providing unpaid help at home. This creates a distinct pattern of daily life where formal and informal care needs are less frequent than usual.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.1% of people here volunteer, which is lower than most similar areas and about the same as the Northern Territory and national figures.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is very rare here, with only 4.0% of people providing care and 10.7% looking after children unpaid—both figures are far below the national and Territory averages. Similarly, the 9.4% of residents doing over 15 hours of housework is well below the state and national figures.
4.0% ▼ -24.4%
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.3%
- 2016: 3.4%
- 2021: 4.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
10.7% ▼ -50.7%
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.8%
- 2016: 11.8%
- 2021: 10.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
9.4% ▼ -37.2%
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.0%
- 2016: 8.3%
- 2021: 9.4%
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 2.7% of the population has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is about the same as the national average but a little below the Northern Territory's 5.2%.
2.7%
Higher than 50% 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 Douglas-Daly [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70079/douglas-daly/topic/community