19.5% ▼ -10.8%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.9%
- 2016: 21.6%
- 2021: 19.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
McMinns Lagoon · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in McMinns Lagoon
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly one in five people in McMinns Lagoon volunteer, a figure well above both the Northern Territory and national rates. This community shows a strong commitment to unpaid work, whether through local volunteering or managing the home. It also has a notably high proportion of former service members compared to other similar areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 19.5% of residents volunteer, which is 5.4 percentage points higher than the figures for Australia and the Northern Territory.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While child care rates are about the same as the national figure at 26.2%, those doing 15 or more hours of unpaid housework are well above the national rate. Unpaid care for others is a little lower than the Australian average at 10.6%.
10.6% ▲ +19.4%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.9%
- 2016: 8.7%
- 2021: 10.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.2% ▼ -31.5%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 38.2%
- 2016: 31.0%
- 2021: 26.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.7% ▼ -18.9%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.5%
- 2016: 21.8%
- 2021: 24.7%
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 much more common here than in most areas, with 5.7% of people having served, which is a little above the national figure.
5.7%
Higher than 86% 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 McMinns Lagoon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70181/mcminns-lagoon/topic/community