17.4% ▼ -20.5%
Higher than 77% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 21.9%
- 2016: 22.2%
- 2021: 17.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Alice Springs · Urban Area
Community Participation in Alice Springs
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher rates of volunteering than most similar areas define the community spirit in Alice Springs. While 17.4% of people volunteer, this figure has fallen from 21.9% in 2011. Other forms of unpaid work and service are generally lower than national levels.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 17.4% of residents giving their time. This is well above the 14.1% recorded for both the Northern Territory and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Providing unpaid care is less common than usual, with only 8.7% of people doing so, which is well below the national figure. Similarly, the 16.3% of people doing 15 or more hours of unpaid housework is among the lowest levels seen in similar areas.
8.7% ▲ +11.5%
Lower than 92% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 7.8%
- 2016: 8.4%
- 2021: 8.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.2% ▼ -1.3%
Higher than 72% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 27.6%
- 2016: 26.5%
- 2021: 27.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
16.3% ▼ -5.0%
Lower than 97% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 17.1%
- 2016: 15.7%
- 2021: 16.3%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 2.7% of the population. This is much lower than most other areas and a little below the Northern Territory's 5.2%.
2.7%
Lower than 78% of urban area 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 Alice Springs [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/7001/alice-springs/topic/community