8.1% ▼ -40.4%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.6%
- 2016: 14.6%
- 2021: 8.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Galiwinku · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Galiwinku
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Volunteer rates in Galiwinku have shifted since 2011, but the community now shows a very strong focus on family and care. Around 68.5% of people provide unpaid childcare, which is far higher than the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 8.1% of people in Galiwinku volunteer, a figure that is well below the Northern Territory and national average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Caring for others is common here, with 20.9% of people providing unpaid care, far above the Northern Territory's 9.5%. This is driven by the 68.5% of people who care for children unpaid, though only 15.4% do 15 or more hours of housework, which is well below the national figure.
20.9% ▲ +17.3%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.8%
- 2016: 26.6%
- 2021: 20.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
68.5% ▼ -5.3%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 72.4%
- 2016: 66.5%
- 2021: 68.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
15.4% ▼ -27.7%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.3%
- 2016: 7.2%
- 2021: 15.4%
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.
Defence service is less common here than in other areas, with 1.2% of residents having served, which is well below the Northern Territory rate of 5.2%.
1.2%
Lower than 65% 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 Galiwinku [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70106/galiwinku/topic/community