17.8% ▲ +166.5%
Higher than 54% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 6.7%
- 2016: 30.8%
- 2021: 17.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Alyangula · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Alyangula
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Giving their time to others is a growing part of daily life in Alyangula, where 17.8% of people now volunteer. This level of community spirit is well above the national figure and has climbed significantly over the last decade.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering has surged in the area, rising 11 percentage points since 2011 to reach 17.8%. This is well above the 14.1% seen across both the Northern Territory and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid child care is very common here, with 34.7% of people helping out, which is well above the national figure. While those doing heavy housework rose to 18.6%, the proportion of people providing other unpaid care fell to 4.0%, a rate well below the state and national levels.
4.0% ▼ -65.1%
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 11.5%
- 2016: 4.3%
- 2021: 4.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
34.7% ▼ -16.0%
Higher than 87% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 41.4%
- 2016: 38.2%
- 2021: 34.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.6% ▲ +216.5%
Lower than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 5.9%
- 2016: 17.5%
- 2021: 18.6%
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 3.0% of residents have served in the Defence Force. This is a little below the Northern Territory figure of 5.2%, but it is about the same as the national average of 2.8%.
3.0%
Lower than 66% 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 Alyangula [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL721001/alyangula/topic/community