1.7% ▼ -63.2%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.5%
- 2016: 1.3%
- 2021: 1.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Hugh · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Hugh
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A far lower share of people in Hugh engage in unpaid work or volunteering compared to the rest of the country. Only 1.7% of residents volunteer, which is a massive gap compared to the 14.1% seen across both the Northern Territory and Australia.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very rare here, with only 1.7% of people taking part. This is far below the Northern Territory and national figures of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much less common than elsewhere. Only 5.7% of people care for children unpaid, while just 1.5% provide general unpaid care—both figures are far below the national average.
1.5% ▼ -73.4%
Lower than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.8%
- 2016: 1.4%
- 2021: 1.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
5.7% ▼ -56.1%
Lower than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.9%
- 2016: 4.9%
- 2021: 5.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
2.6% ▼ -52.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.4%
- 2016: 4.1%
- 2021: 2.6%
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.
Defence service is less common in Hugh than in most other areas. Only 0.4% of residents have served, which is well below the Northern Territory figure of 5.2%.
0.4%
Lower than 76% 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 Hugh [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70130/hugh/topic/community