27.4% ▲ +13.8%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.1%
- 2016: 26.8%
- 2021: 27.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Uralla · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Uralla
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A strong tradition of service defines Uralla, where 27.4% of people volunteer their time. This level of community involvement is far above the figures for both the Northern Territory and Australia.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
More than a quarter of residents in Uralla volunteer, which is far above the 14.1% recorded for the Northern Territory and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is lower than most areas at 21.7%, which is well below the national figure. Meanwhile, 18.5% of people do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework weekly.
10.8% ▲ +20.0%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.0%
- 2016: 8.9%
- 2021: 10.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.7% ▼ -31.9%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.8%
- 2016: 20.3%
- 2021: 21.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.5% ▼ -17.5%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.4%
- 2016: 18.7%
- 2021: 18.5%
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.
Military service is common here, with 9.0% of people having served in the Defence Force. This is well above the 5.2% for the Territory and the 2.8% for the rest of Australia.
9.0%
Higher than 94% 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 Uralla [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70269/uralla/topic/community