14.1% ▼ -15.2%
- 2011: 16.6%
- 2016: 17.1%
- 2021: 14.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Northern Territory · State / Territory
Community Participation in Northern Territory
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people provide unpaid childcare in the Northern Territory than in any other state or territory, with 30.2% of residents in this role. While this figure is well above the national average, other forms of community contribution and care are less common here.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.1% of people volunteer, which is roughly the same as the national figure. This is a drop from 2011, when the volunteering rate was 16.6%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
The territory has among the highest rates of unpaid childcare, yet it is much lower than most other areas for unpaid care of the elderly or disabled. Similarly, only 17.1% of people do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, which is well below the Australian average of 20.7%.
9.5% ▲ +5.7%
- 2011: 8.9%
- 2016: 9.0%
- 2021: 9.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.2% ▼ -0.9%
- 2011: 30.5%
- 2016: 29.4%
- 2021: 30.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
17.1% ▼ -0.4%
- 2011: 17.1%
- 2016: 15.9%
- 2021: 17.1%
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 proportion of the population has served in the Defence Force compared to most other areas. At 5.2%, this is a little above the national figure of 2.8%.
5.2%
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 Northern Territory [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ste/7/northern-territory/topic/community