14.6% ▼ -20.2%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.4%
- 2016: 21.3%
- 2021: 14.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Larapinta · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Larapinta
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Daily life in Larapinta involves a high level of unpaid child care, with 30.7% of people managing this responsibility. While many residents are busy with family, others contribute to the community through volunteering or former military service. It is a place where family duties are a prominent part of the routine.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.6% of people here volunteer, which is lower than most areas but about the same as the figures for the Northern Territory and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid child care is very common at 30.7%, well above the national figure of 26.3%. In contrast, the proportion of people providing other unpaid care or doing 15 or more hours of housework is much lower than most areas.
9.6% ▲ +37.4%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.0%
- 2016: 9.3%
- 2021: 9.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.7% ▲ +1.5%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.2%
- 2016: 31.6%
- 2021: 30.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
15.2% ▼ -18.1%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.5%
- 2016: 15.6%
- 2021: 15.2%
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 Force veterans make up 2.4% of the population, which is about the same as the national figure and around the middle for similar areas.
2.4%
Lower than 54% 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 Larapinta [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70158/larapinta/topic/community