2.5% ▼ -15.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9%
- 2016: 13.3%
- 2021: 2.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Nemarluk · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Nemarluk
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly three quarters of people in Nemarluk provide unpaid child care, a figure far above the national average. This community is marked by high levels of domestic responsibility but very low rates of formal volunteering and defence service.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 2.5% of people here volunteer, which is among the lowest for similar areas and far below the 14.1% figure seen across the Northern Territory and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
The area sees huge amounts of unpaid work, with 74.3% of people caring for children and 49.5% doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, both far above the national figures. Meanwhile, 11.9% provide other unpaid care, which is about the same as the Australian average.
11.9% ▲ —
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 4.8%
- 2021: 11.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
74.3% ▲ +21.8%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 61.0%
- 2016: 50.6%
- 2021: 74.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
49.5% ▲ +466.6%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.7%
- 2016: 13.3%
- 2021: 49.5%
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, which is well below the Northern Territory rate of 5.2% and a little below the national figure.
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 Nemarluk [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70204/nemarluk/topic/community