7.3% ▼ -15.5%
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.6%
- 2016: 15.2%
- 2021: 7.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Kalkarindji · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Kalkarindji
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Almost half of all people in Kalkarindji spend their time caring for children without pay. This high level of family care defines daily life in the area, though other forms of community contribution are much less common than in most of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 7.3% of people volunteer here, which is well below the 14.1% seen across both the Northern Territory and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 17.5% of people provide unpaid care, a huge 48% look after children unpaid—far above the national figure of 26.3%. In contrast, only 3.6% do 15 or more hours of housework, which is far below the 20.7% typical across Australia.
17.5% ▲ +22.7%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.2%
- 2016: 16.1%
- 2021: 17.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
48.0% ▲ +23.0%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 39.0%
- 2016: 33.5%
- 2021: 48.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
3.6% ▼ -11.3%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.1%
- 2016: 15.2%
- 2021: 3.6%
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.
People who have served in the Defence Force make up 1.8% of the population, a figure that is lower than most areas and well below the Northern Territory's 5.2%.
1.8%
Lower than 61% 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 Kalkarindji [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70141/kalkarindji/topic/community