7.9% ▼ -66.4%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.5%
- 2016: 15.8%
- 2021: 7.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Wilton · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Wilton
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Unpaid care is a defining feature of Wilton, where 73.7% of people care for children without pay. This is far above the national figure of 26.3%. While caregiving is common, other forms of community involvement are much lower than in similar areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 7.9% of people here volunteer, which is among the lowest for similar areas and well below the Northern Territory and national rates of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Caregiving is very common, with 18.4% of people providing unpaid care, well above the national 11.9%. This high level of support is mostly seen in childcare, though only 17.1% of residents do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework.
18.4% ▼ -51.9%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 38.3%
- 2016: 5.3%
- 2021: 18.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
73.7% ▼ -1.1%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 74.5%
- 2016: 63.2%
- 2021: 73.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
17.1% ▼ -25.9%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.1%
- 2016: 19.7%
- 2021: 17.1%
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.
No one in Wilton has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is lower than most areas and well below the Northern Territory rate of 5.2%.
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 Wilton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70289/wilton/topic/community