18.7% ▼ -11.7%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.2%
- 2016: 22.8%
- 2021: 18.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Wanguri · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Wanguri
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly one in five people in Wanguri volunteer, making it a place where locals get involved more than the national average. While many residents balance their time with caring for children, those providing other types of unpaid support are fewer in number than in most other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 18.7% of people giving their time. This is well above the 14.1% figure seen across both the Northern Territory and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
About 27.3% of residents provide unpaid childcare, which is higher than most areas. However, only 9.2% provide other types of unpaid care, a figure much lower than in most other places.
9.2% ▲ +1.6%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.1%
- 2016: 8.8%
- 2021: 9.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.3% ▼ -4.8%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.7%
- 2016: 27.1%
- 2021: 27.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.7% ▼ -8.0%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.4%
- 2016: 18.7%
- 2021: 18.7%
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.
A much higher share of people have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, with 4.5% of the population having served. This is a little above the national figure of 2.8%.
4.5%
Higher than 76% 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 Wanguri [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70280/wanguri/topic/community