7.7% ▼ -52.4%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.2%
- 2016: 15.3%
- 2021: 7.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Nitmiluk · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Nitmiluk
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people provide unpaid care in Nitmiluk than in the rest of the country. Over half the population cares for children unpaid, which is far above the national figure. This high level of home-based support stands in contrast to very low rates of formal volunteering.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 7.7% of people here volunteer, a figure that is well below both the Northern Territory and Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very common, with 45.5% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly. This is far above the national figure, alongside 20.5% of residents providing some form of unpaid care.
20.5% ▲ +41.9%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.5%
- 2016: 9.0%
- 2021: 20.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
55.1% ▲ +26.9%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 43.5%
- 2016: 39.6%
- 2021: 55.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
45.5% ▲ +84.2%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.7%
- 2016: 12.6%
- 2021: 45.5%
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 community has served in the Defence Force, which is well below the Northern Territory rate of 5.2%.
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 Nitmiluk [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70211/nitmiluk/topic/community