18.4% ▼ -15.6%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.8%
- 2016: 20.8%
- 2021: 18.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Tindal · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Tindal
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than 60% of people in Tindal have served in the Defence Force, making it one of the most service-heavy areas in the country. This military presence shapes a community where volunteering is common and family care is a priority.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 18.4% of residents volunteer, which is well above the 14.1% figure seen across both the Northern Territory and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is very common here, with 32.5% of people providing this care, well above the national figure of 26.3%. Conversely, only 4.0% of residents provide other types of unpaid care, which is among the lowest rates in the country.
4.0% ▼ -32.6%
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.0%
- 2016: 4.3%
- 2021: 4.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
32.5% ▼ -20.3%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 40.8%
- 2016: 32.4%
- 2021: 32.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
17.0% ▼ -23.8%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.3%
- 2016: 16.2%
- 2021: 17.0%
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.
Defence service is a defining feature of the area, with 62.3% of people having served. This is far above the 2.8% seen nationally and the 5.2% recorded across the Northern Territory.
62.3%
Higher 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 Tindal [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70258/tindal/topic/community