17.8% ▲ +3.1%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.3%
- 2016: 18.1%
- 2021: 17.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Larrakeyah · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Larrakeyah
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A strong history of service defines Larrakeyah, where 13.5% of people have served in the Defence Force. While the area sees high levels of volunteering, it has much lower rates of unpaid care and housework compared to the rest of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 17.8% of residents volunteer, which is well 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 less common here than elsewhere. Only 20.8% of people care for children unpaid, and just 5.1% provide general unpaid care, both of which are well below national and state levels.
5.1% ▲ +5.0%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.9%
- 2016: 4.9%
- 2021: 5.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.8% ▲ +26.0%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.5%
- 2016: 19.9%
- 2021: 20.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
12.2% ▲ +3.6%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.8%
- 2016: 12.3%
- 2021: 12.2%
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.
The area has one of the highest proportions of veterans, with 13.5% having served in the Defence Force. This is far above the Australian average of 2.8% and well above the Northern Territory's 5.2%.
13.5%
Higher than 99% 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 Larrakeyah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70159/larrakeyah/topic/community