11.8% —
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 26.4%
- 2021: 11.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Middle Point · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Middle Point
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Family duties are a major part of life in Middle Point, where more than half of all residents provide unpaid childcare. This level of family care is far above the national figure, though the area sees very little involvement in formal volunteering or military service.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 11.8% of people here 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.
A striking 52.9% of residents provide unpaid childcare, far above the 26.3% seen across Australia. This contributes to a high overall rate of unpaid care at 26.5%, though the 11.8% of people doing over 15 hours of housework is well below the national figure.
26.5% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 5.7%
- 2021: 26.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
52.9% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 15.1%
- 2021: 52.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
11.8% —
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 11.8%
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 the area has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is lower than most areas and well below the Northern Territory's 5.2%.
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 Middle Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70184/middle-point/topic/community