11.1% ▼ -17.4%
Lower than 78% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 13.5%
- 2016: 14.1%
- 2021: 11.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Daly · State Electorate
Community Participation in Daly
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A decline in volunteering and child care has marked community life in Daly since 2011. While 11.1% of people now volunteer, this is much lower than most other areas. The region remains a place where unpaid work is common, particularly in the home.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering has fallen 2.3 percentage points since 2011 to reach 11.1%. This is a little below the 14.1% seen across both the Northern Territory and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid child care is common here, with 29.7% of people providing this help, which is well above the national figure. Another 23.3% do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework weekly, a figure that is much higher than most areas.
10.5% ▲ +7.8%
Lower than 76% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 9.7%
- 2016: 10.2%
- 2021: 10.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.7% ▼ -17.6%
Higher than 79% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 36.0%
- 2016: 33.5%
- 2021: 29.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.3% ▼ -17.3%
Higher than 78% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 28.2%
- 2016: 20.0%
- 2021: 23.3%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 3.4% of the population. This is higher than most other areas and slightly above the Australian average of 2.8%.
3.4%
Higher than 66% 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 Daly [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED70009/daly/topic/community