21.7% ▲ +15.7%
- 2011: 18.8%
- 2016: 25.6%
- 2021: 21.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Other Territories · State / Territory
Community Participation in Other Territories
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
21.7% of people in Other Territories volunteer, up 15.7% since 2011 (above the national 14.1%).
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
9.5% of people in Other Territories provide unpaid care to others, up 137.7% since 2011 (below the national 11.9%). 22.0% of people in Other Territories look after children without pay, up 33.6% since 2011 (below the national 26.3%). 19.0% of people in Other Territories do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework a week, up 86.8% since 2011 (below the national 20.7%).
9.5% ▲ +137.7%
- 2011: 4.0%
- 2016: 10.3%
- 2021: 9.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.0% ▲ +33.6%
- 2011: 16.4%
- 2016: 22.6%
- 2021: 22.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.0% ▲ +86.8%
- 2011: 10.2%
- 2016: 17.8%
- 2021: 19.0%
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.
3.1% of people in Other Territories have served in the Defence Force (above the national 2.8%).
3.1%
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 Other Territories [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ste/9/other-territories/topic/community