23.2% ▲ +14.5%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.3%
- 2016: 21.0%
- 2021: 23.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Nightcliff · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Nightcliff
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people volunteer in Nightcliff than in most similar areas. About 23.2% of residents give their time to help others, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%. This high level of community spirit stands out as the defining feature of local participation.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 23.2% of people pitching in. This is 9.1 percentage points higher than both the Northern Territory and the Australian average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Providing unpaid care is much less common than in most areas, with only 9.5% of residents doing so. Similarly, those spending 15 or more hours a week on housework are well below the national figure.
9.5% ▲ +29.4%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.3%
- 2016: 8.1%
- 2021: 9.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.7% ▲ +18.7%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.5%
- 2016: 25.5%
- 2021: 26.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
16.7% ▲ +5.5%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.9%
- 2016: 15.6%
- 2021: 16.7%
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.
A higher proportion of residents have served in the Defence Force compared to most similar areas. At 3.4%, this is a little below the Northern Territory's 5.2% but slightly above the national average.
3.4%
Higher than 62% 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 Nightcliff [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70210/nightcliff/topic/community