21.7% ▲ +6.9%
Higher than 93% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 20.3%
- 2016: 15.1%
- 2021: 21.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Nightcliff · State Electorate
Community Participation in Nightcliff
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Volunteer rates have grown in Nightcliff since 2011, with 21.7% of residents now giving their time to others. This level of community involvement is among the highest for similar areas and sits well above the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
More than one in five people volunteer here, a figure that rose 1.4 percentage points since 2011. At 21.7%, this is well above the 14.1% seen across both the Northern Territory and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children rose to 26.0% since 2011, which is about the same as the national figure. However, the 9.2% of people providing other unpaid care and the 16.1% doing heavy housework are both much lower than in most areas.
9.2% ▲ +34.3%
Lower than 88% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 6.9%
- 2016: 4.6%
- 2021: 9.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.0% ▲ +16.8%
Lower than 57% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 22.3%
- 2016: 15.8%
- 2021: 26.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
16.1% ▲ +1.6%
Lower than 87% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 15.9%
- 2016: 9.7%
- 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.
A higher share of residents have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, with 3.3% of the population having this experience.
3.3%
Higher than 62% 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 Nightcliff [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED70021/nightcliff/topic/community