13.6% ▼ -18.1%
Lower than 73% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 16.6%
- 2016: 15.6%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Katherine · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Katherine
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than five per cent of people in Katherine have served in the Defence Force, which is much higher than most other areas. This high level of service stands out in a community where unpaid care and volunteering are less common than the national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 13.6% of people here volunteer, a figure that is about the same as the Northern Territory and Australian averages. This is a drop of 3 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is less common here than in the rest of the country, with only 8% of people providing unpaid care and 15.6% doing 15 or more hours of housework. The number of people caring for children unpaid is also well below the national figure at 23.3%.
8.0% ▲ +23.0%
Lower than 90% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 6.5%
- 2016: 6.7%
- 2021: 8.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.3% ▼ -11.6%
Lower than 56% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 26.3%
- 2016: 23.6%
- 2021: 23.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
15.6% ▼ -3.3%
Lower than 90% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 16.1%
- 2016: 13.4%
- 2021: 15.6%
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.
Defence service is a strong feature of the area, with 5.4% of residents having served. This is a little above the Australian average and about the same as the Territory figure.
5.4%
Higher than 83% of urban centre 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 Katherine [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL714001/katherine/topic/community