3.9% ▼ -69.8%
Lower than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.9%
- 2016: 7.1%
- 2021: 3.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Gregory · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Gregory
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 20% of people provide unpaid care in Gregory, which is much higher than most other areas. While many residents help look after others, very few participate in formal volunteering or have served in the Defence Force.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 3.9% of residents volunteer, a figure that is far below the Northern Territory and national rates of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 19.5% of people providing care and 36.4% looking after children, both figures being far above the national average. Conversely, those doing 15 or more hours of housework each week are much fewer than in most areas at 15.6%.
19.5% ▲ +296.1%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.9%
- 2016: 14.3%
- 2021: 19.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
36.4% ▲ +129.7%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.8%
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 36.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
15.6% ▲ +216.9%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.9%
- 2016: 5.4%
- 2021: 15.6%
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force, which is well below the Northern Territory figure of 5.2%.
0.0%
Lower 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 Gregory [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70113/gregory/topic/community