16.2% ▲ +25.5%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.9%
- 2016: 10.9%
- 2021: 16.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Victoria River · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Victoria River
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much lower rates of unpaid care and housework define Victoria River compared to the rest of the territory. While 16.2% of people volunteer—slightly above the national figure of 14.1%—other forms of community and domestic support are far less common here than in similar areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is fairly common in the area, with 16.2% of residents giving their time. This is a little above the 14.1% seen across both the Northern Territory and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is uncommon here, with only 4.8% of people providing care and 3.8% doing 15 or more hours of housework, both of which are far below national and territory levels. Those caring for children unpaid sit at 25.7%, which is about the same as the Australian figure.
4.8% ▲ +98.4%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 4.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.7% ▼ -6.2%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.4%
- 2016: 20.2%
- 2021: 25.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
3.8% ▼ -47.1%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.2%
- 2016: 10.1%
- 2021: 3.8%
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force. This is well below the 5.2% for the Northern Territory and a little below the 2.8% national figure.
0.0%
Lower 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 Victoria River [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70273/victoria-river/topic/community