15.0% ▲ +18.6%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.7%
- 2016: 10.7%
- 2021: 15.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Timber Creek · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Timber Creek
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people provide unpaid care in Timber Creek than in other parts of the country. This is most evident in the high rate of parents caring for children, which sits well above both the Territory and national figures. While other forms of community service are less common, the role of unpaid caregivers is a defining feature of the area.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15% of residents volunteer their time, a figure that is lower than in most similar areas but remains about the same as the national and Territory averages.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is very common here, with 19.5% of people providing care and 36.4% looking after children unpaid, both of which are far above national levels. Additionally, 20.9% of residents do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, which is well above the Northern Territory figure.
19.5% ▲ +126.2%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.6%
- 2016: 9.1%
- 2021: 19.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
36.4% ▲ +72.5%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.1%
- 2016: 20.3%
- 2021: 36.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.9% ▲ +217.4%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.6%
- 2016: 10.2%
- 2021: 20.9%
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.
Only 1.8% of the population has served in the Defence Force, a rate that is lower than most areas and well below the Northern Territory average.
1.8%
Lower than 60% 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 Timber Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70257/timber-creek/topic/community