5.5% ▼ -2.6%
Lower than 97% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 5.6%
- 2016: 8.2%
- 2021: 5.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Wadeye · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Wadeye
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much of the daily effort in Wadeye goes into looking after family, with 45.2% of people providing unpaid childcare. This is far above the national figure of 26.3%. While family duties are common, other forms of community involvement like volunteering are much lower than in most other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 5.5% of people in Wadeye volunteer, which is well below the Northern Territory rate of 14.1%. This level of participation has barely changed since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, with 26.1% of people spending 15 or more hours a week on housework, well above the 20.7% national figure. However, the proportions of people caring for children and doing housework both fell significantly since 2011.
10.1% ▼ -30.2%
Lower than 82% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 14.5%
- 2016: 14.0%
- 2021: 10.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
45.2% ▼ -34.1%
Higher than 94% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 68.6%
- 2016: 56.4%
- 2021: 45.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.1% ▼ -50.4%
Higher than 68% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 52.6%
- 2016: 15.6%
- 2021: 26.1%
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 1.6% of residents have served in the Defence Force, a figure that is well below the Northern Territory average of 5.2%.
1.6%
Lower than 89% 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 Wadeye [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL715008/wadeye/topic/community