12.4% ▼ -15.5%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.7%
- 2016: 14.1%
- 2021: 12.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Katherine South · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Katherine South
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A small number of people in Katherine South now give their time to others, with unpaid care and volunteering sitting well below national figures. Only 8.2% of residents provide unpaid care, a figure much lower than most similar areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is less common here than in most other areas. Only 12.4% of people volunteer, which is a little below the 14.1% seen across the Northern Territory and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is much lower than in most areas, with only 14.1% of people spending 15 or more hours on housework. This trend extends to childcare, where 20.7% of residents provide unpaid care for children, well below the national figure of 26.3%.
8.2% ▲ +24.6%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.6%
- 2016: 5.2%
- 2021: 8.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.7% ▼ -0.7%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.8%
- 2016: 18.2%
- 2021: 20.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
14.1% ▲ +1.7%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.9%
- 2016: 11.6%
- 2021: 14.1%
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 its level, with 2.7% of people having served. This is about the same as the 2.8% national average, though a little below the Northern Territory's 5.2%.
2.7%
Higher than 51% 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 South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70146/katherine-south/topic/community