3.2% ▼ -65.1%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.1%
- 2016: 10.4%
- 2021: 3.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Ngukurr · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Ngukurr
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Local involvement in Ngukurr is marked by a very high rate of family support, though formal volunteering has fallen since 2011. While only 3.2% of people volunteer, a striking 61.4% of residents provide unpaid childcare.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Formal volunteering is very low here, with only 3.2% of people taking part. This is far below the Northern Territory and national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common in Ngukurr, where 61.4% of people look after children—far above the national figure of 26.3%. This high level of family support is seen alongside more people providing general unpaid care and doing significant housework than in most other areas.
15.2% ▼ -20.1%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.0%
- 2016: 7.2%
- 2021: 15.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
61.4% ▲ +0.7%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 61.0%
- 2016: 51.0%
- 2021: 61.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.6% ▲ +9.4%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.5%
- 2016: 11.6%
- 2021: 24.6%
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.
Defence service is more common here than in most similar areas, with 3.3% of people having served. This is about the same as the Australian average of 2.8%.
3.3%
Higher than 60% 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 Ngukurr [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70207/ngukurr/topic/community