3.2% ▼ -15.1%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.7%
- 2016: 8.8%
- 2021: 3.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Papunya · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Papunya
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people than usual provide unpaid care and housework in Papunya, though formal volunteering is very low. Over half the population cares for children without pay, which is far above the national figure of 26.3%.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 3.2% of people volunteer their time, which is among the lowest for similar areas and far below the 14.1% recorded for both the Territory and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Providing unpaid care is common here, with 54.3% caring for children and 25.9% doing over 15 hours of housework weekly; both figures are well above the national average. Another 13.2% provide other forms of unpaid care, which is a little above the Australian figure.
13.2% ▼ -20.5%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.7%
- 2016: 23.4%
- 2021: 13.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
54.3% ▲ +73.4%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.3%
- 2016: 59.7%
- 2021: 54.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.9% ▲ +533.8%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.1%
- 2016: 23.7%
- 2021: 25.9%
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, a figure that is lower than most areas and 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 Papunya [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70218/papunya/topic/community