18.9% ▼ -17.3%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.8%
- 2016: 22.3%
- 2021: 18.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Nakara · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Nakara
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people volunteer here than in most similar areas, with 18.9% of Nakara residents giving their time. This is well above the 14.1% figure seen across both the Northern Territory and Australia.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common in Nakara, with 18.9% of people helping out, which is well above the national and territory figures of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is a little above the national figure at 27.7%, though the 9.2% of people providing general unpaid care is much lower than in most areas.
9.2% ▲ +8.9%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.4%
- 2016: 10.4%
- 2021: 9.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.7% ▼ -1.2%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.0%
- 2016: 27.7%
- 2021: 27.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.8% ▼ -14.5%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.0%
- 2016: 18.6%
- 2021: 18.8%
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.
About 3.0% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the Australian figure and a little below the territory average of 5.2%.
3.0%
Higher than 56% 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 Nakara [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70201/nakara/topic/community