12.0% —
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 19.4%
- 2021: 12.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Larrimah · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Larrimah
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people spend their time on unpaid housework than in most similar areas, making Larrimah a place where home duties are a primary activity. While a small number of residents volunteer, there is a very high rate of former Defence Force members compared to the rest of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 12% of residents volunteer, which is much lower than most similar areas and a little below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Nobody in the area provides unpaid care for children or other people, which is far below national and territory figures. However, 40% of people do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework a week, a rate far above the 20.7% seen across Australia.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 8.3%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
40.0% —
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 25.0%
- 2021: 40.0%
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 common here, with 10.3% of people having served. This is well above the 5.2% for the Northern Territory and the national figure of 2.8%.
10.3%
Higher than 97% 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 Larrimah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70160/larrimah/topic/community