2.8% ▼ -89.6%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.5%
- 2016: 36.6%
- 2021: 2.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Milingimbi · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Milingimbi
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Very few people in Milingimbi volunteer compared to similar areas, but unpaid care is a major part of local life. Over half the population provides unpaid childcare, which is far higher than the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 2.8% of residents are volunteers, a rate that is far below the Northern Territory and Australian figures of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 54.9% of people caring for children—far above the 26.3% national average. While 16.8% provide other unpaid care, which is well above the national figure, those doing 15 or more hours of housework are well below the Australian average at 16.6%.
16.8% ▼ -70.6%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 57.2%
- 2016: 43.8%
- 2021: 16.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
54.9% ▼ -25.0%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 73.2%
- 2016: 61.8%
- 2021: 54.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
16.6% ▲ +17.4%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.1%
- 2016: 15.3%
- 2021: 16.6%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 2.2% of the population, which is about the same as the national figure of 2.8%.
2.2%
Lower than 58% 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 Milingimbi [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70186/milingimbi/topic/community