11.4% —
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 17.2%
- 2021: 11.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Tablelands · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Tablelands
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Just 11.4% of people in Tablelands (NT) volunteer their time, which is much lower than most other areas. This low level of community involvement extends to unpaid work and care, with figures for housework and caregiving far below the national average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 11.4% of residents volunteer, a figure that is a little below the 14.1% seen across both the Northern Territory and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very uncommon here, with only 3.6% of people providing unpaid care and 9.0% doing 15 or more hours of housework, both well below the national figures. This is consistent with the 15.0% of people caring for children unpaid, which is far below the Australian average of 26.3%.
3.6% —
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 10.8%
- 2021: 3.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
15.0% —
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 28.0%
- 2021: 15.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
9.0% —
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 22.9%
- 2021: 9.0%
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.
About 2.4% of the population have served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the national figure of 2.8%.
2.4%
Lower than 55% 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 Tablelands [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70247/tablelands/topic/community