16.2% ▼ -11.8%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.3%
- 2016: 19.1%
- 2021: 16.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Tiwi · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Tiwi
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A small number of residents in Tiwi dedicate their time to unpaid care and community work. About 16.2% of people here volunteer, which is a little above the national figure of 14.1%.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common in the area, with 16.2% of people giving their time, which is a little above the figures for both the Northern Territory and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care roles are less common here than in most areas, with 23.7% of people caring for children, which is well below the Northern Territory's 30.2%. This is consistent with the low 15.8% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework, a figure well below the national average.
10.8% ▲ +17.7%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.2%
- 2016: 9.7%
- 2021: 10.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.7% ▼ -6.6%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.4%
- 2016: 27.0%
- 2021: 23.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
15.8% ▼ -21.4%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.1%
- 2016: 18.0%
- 2021: 15.8%
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 3.0% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the Australian average but a little below the Northern Territory's 5.2%.
3.0%
Higher than 56% 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 Tiwi [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70262/tiwi/topic/community