6.0% ▼ -22.6%
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.8%
- 2016: 11.6%
- 2021: 6.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Kakadu · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Kakadu
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Very few people volunteer in Kakadu compared to similar areas, with only 6.0% of residents doing so. This stands in contrast to the unpaid care roles that are common across the region, where 12.8% of people provide support to others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is well below the national and territory figures of 14.1%, making it one of the lowest rates for this type of area.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common, with 12.8% of people providing care and 27.4% looking after children, which is a little above the Australian average. Meanwhile, 20.6% of people do at least 15 hours of housework weekly, a figure well above the Northern Territory average.
12.8% ▼ -16.0%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.3%
- 2016: 12.8%
- 2021: 12.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.4% ▲ +2.6%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.7%
- 2016: 31.6%
- 2021: 27.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.6% ▲ +44.5%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.3%
- 2016: 15.6%
- 2021: 20.6%
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 around the middle for this level, with 2.5% of people having served in the Defence Force.
2.5%
Lower than 52% 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 Kakadu [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70140/kakadu/topic/community