30.0% —
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
East Arm · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in East Arm
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A remarkable 30% of people in East Arm volunteer, a figure that has grown since 2011. This makes the area stand out for its high level of community involvement compared to the rest of the country. Most residents contribute through volunteering and military service rather than unpaid care work.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 30% of people pitching in. This is far above the 14.1% figure seen across both the Northern Territory and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Very few people provide unpaid care in East Arm. Only 20% care for children, which is well below the national figure, while no one reports doing 15 or more hours of housework or providing other unpaid care.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.0% —
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
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.
Defence service is very common, with 22.7% of residents having served. This is far above the 5.2% seen in the Northern Territory and the 2.8% national average.
22.7%
Higher 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 East Arm [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70085/east-arm/topic/community