20.6% ▲ +6.3%
Higher than 90% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 19.4%
- 2016: 20.4%
- 2021: 20.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Fannie Bay · State Electorate
Community Participation in Fannie Bay
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than one in five people in Fannie Bay volunteer, a figure that is well above the national average. This high level of community involvement defines the area, where residents are much more likely to give their time compared to most other places.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Around 20.6% of people here volunteer, which is much higher than most areas and well above the Northern Territory and Australian figures of 14.1%. This rate has risen slightly by 1.2 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care levels are generally low here, with only 8.9% of people providing unpaid care, which is well below the national figure. Those caring for children unpaid (24.5%) and those doing 15 or more hours of housework (15.6%) are also lower than in most areas.
8.9% ▲ +32.6%
Lower than 90% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 6.7%
- 2016: 7.4%
- 2021: 8.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.5% ▲ +12.5%
Lower than 72% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 21.7%
- 2016: 22.9%
- 2021: 24.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
15.6% ▲ +4.2%
Lower than 89% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 15.0%
- 2016: 14.8%
- 2021: 15.6%
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.
About 5% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is much higher than in most similar areas and a little above the Australian average of 2.8%.
5.0%
Higher than 88% 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 Fannie Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED70011/fannie-bay/topic/community