8.6% ▼ -25.3%
Lower than 91% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 11.6%
- 2016: 15.0%
- 2021: 8.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Barkly · State Electorate
Community Participation in Barkly
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A high proportion of unpaid family support defines daily life in Barkly, where 35.5% of people care for children without pay. This is well above the national figure, though a smaller share of the population engages in formal volunteering compared to other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 8.6% of people volunteer here, which is well below the Northern Territory average of 14.1%. This figure has fallen by 2.9 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is very common, with 35.5% of people providing this support, a figure that rose 4.7 percentage points since 2011. Meanwhile, 21.2% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, while the 9.2% who provide other unpaid care is a little below the Australian average.
9.2% ▼ -6.7%
Lower than 89% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 9.8%
- 2016: 11.4%
- 2021: 9.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
35.5% ▲ +15.3%
Higher than 99% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 30.8%
- 2016: 30.6%
- 2021: 35.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.2% ▲ +30.4%
Higher than 56% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 16.3%
- 2016: 13.6%
- 2021: 21.2%
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.
Only 1.6% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is well below the Northern Territory figure of 5.2%.
1.6%
Lower than 84% 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 Barkly [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED70004/barkly/topic/community