12.5% ▼ -24.5%
Lower than 79% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 16.6%
- 2016: 16.8%
- 2021: 12.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Tennant Creek · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Tennant Creek
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much lower volunteer rates than most areas mark the community involvement in Tennant Creek. While only 12.5% of people volunteer, a large number of residents are heavily involved in unpaid care and family duties. This shift toward home-based responsibilities is seen in the high percentage of people caring for children.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 12.5% of people in Tennant Creek volunteer, which is a little below the Northern Territory and national figures of 14.1%. This represents a decline of 4.1 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 34.3% of people caring for children—well above the Australian figure of 26.3%. Additionally, the proportion of people providing other unpaid care rose to 13.5% since 2011, while those doing 15 or more hours of housework rose to 15.9%.
13.5% ▲ +51.6%
Higher than 55% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 8.9%
- 2016: 10.2%
- 2021: 13.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
34.3% ▲ +27.1%
Higher than 87% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 27.0%
- 2016: 25.1%
- 2021: 34.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
15.9% ▲ +47.9%
Lower than 89% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 10.7%
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 15.9%
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.
Only 2.2% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is much lower than most similar areas and a little below the Northern Territory rate of 5.2%.
2.2%
Lower 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 Tennant Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL715007/tennant-creek/topic/community