14.1% —
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 22.7%
- 2021: 14.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Manton · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Manton
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement in Manton has remained steady over the last decade, with 14.1% of residents volunteering. The area is mostly defined by families, as the number of people caring for children unpaid is well above the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.1% of residents in Manton volunteer their time, which is about the same as the figures for both the Northern Territory and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is common here, with 31.3% of people providing this care, which is well above the national figure of 26.3%. In contrast, only 4.7% of people provide other types of unpaid care, a figure that is well below both the state and national levels.
4.7% —
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 21.2%
- 2021: 4.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
31.3% —
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 34.8%
- 2021: 31.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
17.2% —
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 18.2%
- 2021: 17.2%
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.
No one in Manton reported serving in the Defence Force, which is a little below the Australian figure and well below the Northern Territory average.
0.0%
Lower 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 Manton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70173/manton/topic/community