6.6% ▼ -41.0%
Lower than 95% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 11.3%
- 2016: 7.1%
- 2021: 6.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Wurrumiyanga (Nguiu) · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Wurrumiyanga (Nguiu)
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Very few people in Wurrumiyanga (Nguiu) take part in formal volunteering or unpaid care compared to other areas. Just 6.6% of residents volunteer, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%. This trend of lower community participation extends across unpaid domestic work and caregiving roles.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering in Wurrumiyanga (Nguiu) is among the lowest for its area type. At 6.6%, this is well below the 14.1% seen across Australia and the Northern Territory, and the figure has fallen 4.6 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is uncommon here, with only 6.1% of people providing care and 2.5% doing significant housework, both of which are far below national figures. While 26% of residents provide unpaid childcare—about the same as the Australian average—this is a 10 point drop from 2011.
6.1% ▼ -30.1%
Lower than 96% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 8.8%
- 2016: 11.0%
- 2021: 6.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.0% ▼ -28.7%
Higher than 59% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 36.5%
- 2016: 23.2%
- 2021: 26.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
2.5% ▼ -68.3%
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 7.8%
- 2016: 9.0%
- 2021: 2.5%
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 2.1% of the community has served in the Defence Force. This is much lower than most areas and sits well below the Northern Territory figure of 5.2%.
2.1%
Lower than 85% 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 Wurrumiyanga (Nguiu) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL715009/wurrumiyanga/topic/community