8.4% ▲ +31.8%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.4%
- 2016: 4.5%
- 2021: 8.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Emungalan · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Emungalan
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people volunteer in Emungalan than in most similar areas, but child care is a major focus. Only 8.4% of residents do volunteer work, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteer rates are among the lowest for this level of area, with only 8.4% of people helping out, well below the Northern Territory's 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Caring for children is common here, with 32.7% of people doing so unpaid, which is well above the Australian figure of 26.3%. Other unpaid care is less frequent, as 10.3% of people provide unpaid care, a little below the national rate.
10.3% ▲ +123.8%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.6%
- 2016: 3.3%
- 2021: 10.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
32.7% ▲ +56.9%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.8%
- 2016: 37.6%
- 2021: 32.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.6% ▲ +140.7%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.5%
- 2016: 5.0%
- 2021: 20.6%
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 share of people have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, with 3.8% of residents having served.
3.8%
Higher than 68% 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 Emungalan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70094/emungalan/topic/community