13.7% ▼ -8.3%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.0%
- 2016: 14.6%
- 2021: 13.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Herbert · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Herbert
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher rates of unpaid childcare set Herbert apart from the national average. While many residents balance family duties, the area also has a strong connection to the military, with more former Defence Force members than most similar places.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 13.7% of people in Herbert volunteer, which is lower than most other areas and roughly the same as the Northern Territory and Australian figures.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is very common here, with 32.0% of people helping out, a figure well above the Australian average of 26.3%. This is alongside 24.7% of residents doing 15 or more hours of housework, which is also well above national and state levels.
9.3% ▲ +39.9%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.7%
- 2016: 6.5%
- 2021: 9.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
32.0% ▼ -11.5%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.2%
- 2016: 32.4%
- 2021: 32.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.7% ▼ -9.9%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.4%
- 2016: 21.5%
- 2021: 24.7%
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 total of 4.7% of people have served in the Defence Force, which is much higher than most areas and a little above the Australian average.
4.7%
Higher than 78% 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 Herbert [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70123/herbert/topic/community