3.2% ▼ -65.6%
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 9.2%
- 2016: 10.4%
- 2021: 3.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Ngukurr · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Ngukurr
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people have volunteered in Ngukurr since 2011, but unpaid care remains a central part of daily life. About 61% of the population cares for children without pay, which is far above the national figure. This reflects a community where home-based care is much more common than in the rest of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 3.2% of people volunteer here, which is among the lowest for similar areas. This is far below the Northern Territory figure of 14.1% and has fallen 6 points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is very common, with 61.4% of people caring for children—far above the Australian figure of 26.3%. Additionally, 24.6% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, and 15.2% provide other unpaid care, both of which are well above national levels.
15.2% ▼ -19.7%
Higher than 79% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 19.0%
- 2016: 7.2%
- 2021: 15.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
61.4% ▲ +0.8%
Higher than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 61.0%
- 2016: 51.0%
- 2021: 61.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.6% ▲ +8.1%
Higher than 56% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 22.8%
- 2016: 11.6%
- 2021: 24.6%
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.
About 3.3% of the population has served in the Defence Force. This is about the same as the national figure of 2.8%, though a little below the Northern Territory rate of 5.2%.
3.3%
Lower than 58% 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 Ngukurr [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL715005/ngukurr/topic/community