4.5% ▼ -51.7%
Lower than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.3%
- 2016: 9.5%
- 2021: 4.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Gapuwiyak · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Gapuwiyak
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A stark gap exists between Gapuwiyak and the rest of the country when it comes to how people contribute to their community. While unpaid care for children is exceptionally high here, formal volunteering is among the lowest in the region. This highlights a local focus on family and home-based support over organised groups.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 4.5% of people volunteer here, which is among the lowest for similar areas and well below the 14.1% figure seen across both the Northern Territory and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Care roles are very common, with 19.1% of people providing unpaid care—well above the national figure of 11.9%. This is driven by a huge number of people caring for children unpaid (43.6%), which is far above the Australian average of 26.3%.
19.1% ▲ +36.4%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.0%
- 2016: 1.7%
- 2021: 19.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
43.6% ▲ +30.7%
Higher than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.4%
- 2016: 15.5%
- 2021: 43.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.1% ▲ +634.5%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6%
- 2016: 4.1%
- 2021: 19.1%
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.
Only 0.9% of residents have served in the Defence Force, a figure that is lower than most areas and well below the Northern Territory's 5.2%.
0.9%
Lower 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 Gapuwiyak [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70107/gapuwiyak/topic/community