18.5% ▼ -11.4%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.9%
- 2016: 20.9%
- 2021: 18.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Knuckey Lagoon · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Knuckey Lagoon
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people volunteer in Knuckey Lagoon than in the rest of the Northern Territory. About 18.5% of residents give their time to help others, which is well above the national and territory figure of 14.1%. This community shows a strong tendency toward unpaid service and support.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 18.5% of people pitching in, a rate well above the 14.1% seen across Australia and the Northern Territory.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is a regular part of life for 13.1% of residents, which is a little above the national figure. While the number of people caring for children is about the same as the Australian average, those doing 15 or more hours of housework are well above the territory average.
13.1% ▲ +88.3%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.9%
- 2016: 10.3%
- 2021: 13.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.4% ▼ -11.6%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.7%
- 2016: 25.7%
- 2021: 25.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.9% ▲ +14.5%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.0%
- 2016: 19.8%
- 2021: 22.9%
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.
A high number of people in Knuckey Lagoon have served in the Defence Force. At 8.1%, this is among the highest for similar areas and well above the 2.8% national average.
8.1%
Higher than 91% 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 Knuckey Lagoon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70149/knuckey-lagoon/topic/community