14.8% ▼ -21.9%
Higher than 53% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 19.0%
- 2016: 13.7%
- 2021: 14.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Katherine · State Electorate
Community Participation in Katherine
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Five per cent of people in Katherine have served in the Defence Force, a rate much higher than most other areas. While this military connection is strong, other forms of community involvement like volunteering and unpaid care have generally declined over the last decade.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Around 14.8% of people volunteer here, which is about the same as the Northern Territory and national figures. This is a drop from 2011, when 19.0% of residents were volunteers.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is less common here than in most areas, with only 8.6% providing care and 16.1% doing 15 or more hours of housework. The share of people caring for children unpaid is also well below the territory average at 24.3%.
8.6% ▲ +27.9%
Lower than 91% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 6.7%
- 2016: 10.3%
- 2021: 8.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.3% ▼ -14.9%
Lower than 72% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 28.6%
- 2016: 28.9%
- 2021: 24.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
16.1% ▼ -9.2%
Lower than 87% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 17.8%
- 2016: 13.4%
- 2021: 16.1%
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.
The proportion of people who served in the Defence Force is 5.0%, which is a little above the Australian figure of 2.8% and about the same as the Northern Territory's 5.2%.
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 Katherine [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED70017/katherine/topic/community