4.0% —
Lower than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.7%
- 2021: 4.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Umbakumba · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Umbakumba
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A huge 43.4% of people in Umbakumba provide unpaid childcare, far higher than the national figure. This highlights a strong focus on family care in the area, even though other forms of community volunteering are very low.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 4.0% of residents volunteer, which is among the lowest rate for similar areas and far below the 14.1% seen across Australia and the Northern Territory.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Providing unpaid care is very common here, with 28.6% of people doing so, far above the national figure of 11.9%. This is driven by a high rate of unpaid childcare, though those doing 15 or more hours of housework are well below the national average at 15.6%.
28.6% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.4%
- 2021: 28.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
43.4% —
Higher than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.8%
- 2021: 43.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
15.6% —
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 5.7%
- 2021: 15.6%
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.
Just 0.9% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is lower than most areas and well below the Northern Territory's 5.2%.
0.9%
Lower than 68% 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 Umbakumba [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70267/umbakumba/topic/community