3.5% ▲ +30.9%
Lower than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7%
- 2016: 20.7%
- 2021: 3.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Sandover · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Sandover
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Very few residents in Sandover have served in the Defence Force or volunteered, though the area has a strong focus on childcare. A striking 38.7% of people provide unpaid care for children, which is far above the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 3.5% of people in Sandover volunteer, a figure that is among the lowest for similar areas and far below the 14.1% seen across the Northern Territory and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 38.7% of residents provide unpaid childcare—well above the state average—only 5.5% provide other types of unpaid care, which is well below the national figure of 11.9%. About 17.9% of people do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, which is a little below the Australian average.
5.5% ▼ -65.2%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.7%
- 2016: 25.8%
- 2021: 5.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
38.7% ▼ -24.4%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 51.2%
- 2016: 63.4%
- 2021: 38.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
17.9% ▲ +377.1%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.7%
- 2016: 14.1%
- 2021: 17.9%
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 Sandover has served in the Defence Force, a result that is lower than most areas and well below the 5.2% seen across the Northern Territory.
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 Sandover [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70238/sandover/topic/community