17.1% ▼ -8.2%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.6%
- 2016: 20.4%
- 2021: 17.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Virginia · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Virginia
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 30% of people in Virginia provide unpaid childcare, which is a well above the national figure. This high level of family care is matched by a strong community spirit, with more people volunteering here than in most other parts of the Territory.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 17.1% of residents volunteer their time, which is well above the Northern Territory figure of 14.1% and a little above the national rate.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 29.3% of people care for children unpaid, only 8.9% provide other types of unpaid care, a figure that is well below the national average. Meanwhile, 21.9% spend 15 or more hours a week on housework, which is well above the Territory figure.
8.9% ▲ +15.6%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.7%
- 2016: 9.8%
- 2021: 8.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.3% ▲ +5.9%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.7%
- 2016: 28.5%
- 2021: 29.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.9% ▼ -8.8%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.1%
- 2016: 22.3%
- 2021: 21.9%
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.
People who have served in the Defence Force make up 5.1% of the population, which is much higher than in most other similar areas.
5.1%
Higher than 81% 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 Virginia [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70274/virginia/topic/community