5.5% ▼ -0.1%
Lower than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.5%
- 2016: 8.2%
- 2021: 5.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Wadeye · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Wadeye
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Daily life in Wadeye is defined by a heavy focus on family and home duties, with 45.2% of people providing unpaid child care. While formal volunteering is low, a very high proportion of the community spends significant time managing the home and looking after children.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 5.5% of people in Wadeye volunteer, which is well below the Northern Territory and Australian figures of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, with 26.1% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, well above the national figure of 20.7%. This aligns with the very high rate of people caring for children, which is 19 points higher than the Australian average.
10.1% ▼ -30.4%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.6%
- 2016: 14.0%
- 2021: 10.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
45.2% ▼ -34.1%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 68.6%
- 2016: 56.4%
- 2021: 45.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.1% ▼ -50.3%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 52.5%
- 2016: 15.6%
- 2021: 26.1%
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.
Defence service is less common in Wadeye than in most other areas, with only 1.6% of people having served, well below the Northern Territory rate of 5.2%.
1.6%
Lower than 62% 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 Wadeye [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70275/wadeye/topic/community