10.7% ▲ +24.1%
Lower than 81% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 8.6%
- 2016: 14.0%
- 2021: 10.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mulka · State Electorate
Community Participation in Mulka
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people in Mulka have taken on unpaid care roles since 2011. Over half the population now cares for children unpaid, a figure far above the national average. While volunteering remains low, the community has seen a steady increase in people helping others and managing homes.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is much lower here than in most areas, with 10.7% of people helping out. This is well below the 14.1% seen across the Northern Territory and Australia, though it has risen by 2.1 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is very common, with 50.5% of residents caring for children—far above the national figure of 26.3%. This has risen 19 points since 2011, and this trend is mirrored by more people providing general unpaid care (13.8%) and doing significant housework (18.7%).
13.8% ▲ +30.5%
Higher than 85% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 10.5%
- 2016: 6.2%
- 2021: 13.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
50.5% ▲ +60.1%
Higher than 99% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 31.6%
- 2016: 20.0%
- 2021: 50.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.7% ▲ +83.4%
Lower than 72% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 10.2%
- 2016: 14.9%
- 2021: 18.7%
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 1.7% of people in Mulka have served in the Defence Force. This is much lower than most similar areas and well below the Northern Territory rate of 5.2%.
1.7%
Lower than 83% 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 Mulka [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED70018/mulka/topic/community