7.0% ▼ -47.6%
Lower than 97% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 13.4%
- 2016: 11.7%
- 2021: 7.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Arnhem · State Electorate
Community Participation in Arnhem
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Very few people in Arnhem volunteer compared to similar areas, but unpaid care is much more common here. While only 7% of residents volunteer, nearly half of the population provides unpaid childcare, which is far above the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 7% of people in Arnhem volunteer, which is among the lowest rates for similar areas and well below the 14.1% seen across Australia and the Northern Territory. This figure has fallen by 6.4 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is very common, with 48.4% of people caring for children—far above the 26.3% national average. This sits alongside a high number of people doing significant housework and those providing general unpaid care, though the latter fell by 10 percentage points since 2011.
14.0% ▼ -42.3%
Higher than 89% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 24.3%
- 2016: 7.3%
- 2021: 14.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
48.4% ▼ -10.8%
Higher than 99% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 54.3%
- 2016: 36.7%
- 2021: 48.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.9% ▲ +55.0%
Higher than 90% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 16.1%
- 2016: 13.1%
- 2021: 24.9%
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.
A high 7% of residents in Arnhem have served in the Defence Force, which is among the highest rates for similar areas and well above the Australian figure of 2.8%.
7.0%
Higher than 96% of state electorate 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 Arnhem [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED70003/arnhem/topic/community