16.2% ▼ -16.2%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.3%
- 2016: 17.6%
- 2021: 16.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Katherine · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Katherine
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A higher share of people have served in the Defence Force in Katherine compared to the national average. While volunteering rates are typical for the region, residents here are far less likely to be engaged in unpaid care or housework than those in other parts of Australia.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16.2% of people volunteer, which is a little above the 14.1% figure seen across both the Northern Territory and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much lower than most areas; only 18% of people care for children unpaid, compared to 26.3% nationally. This trend continues with housework and general care, both of which are well below the national figures.
7.6% ▲ +12.2%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.7%
- 2016: 6.3%
- 2021: 7.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
18.0% ▼ -24.9%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.9%
- 2016: 19.5%
- 2021: 18.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
12.6% ▼ -31.3%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.3%
- 2016: 12.8%
- 2021: 12.6%
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 more common here than in most areas, with 3.9% of people having served. This is a little above the Australian average of 2.8%, though a little below the Territory's 5.2%.
3.9%
Higher than 70% 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 Katherine [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70144/katherine/topic/community