4.5% ▼ -33.5%
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 6.7%
- 2016: 9.5%
- 2021: 4.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Gapuwiyak · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Gapuwiyak
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A huge gap exists between Gapuwiyak (L) and the rest of the country when it comes to unpaid work, where 43.6% of people provide childcare. While formal volunteering is very low, a high proportion of residents spend their time supporting families and others in the community.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 4.5% of people here volunteer, which is well below the 14.1% figure for both the Northern Territory and Australia. This level of participation has fallen 2.3 points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 19.1% of people providing care and 43.6% caring for children—both figures are well above the national and state averages. Meanwhile, the 19.1% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly has risen 17 points since 2011.
19.1% ▲ +39.1%
Higher than 98% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 13.8%
- 2016: 1.7%
- 2021: 19.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
43.6% ▼ -3.3%
Higher than 93% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 45.1%
- 2016: 15.5%
- 2021: 43.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.1% ▲ +657.1%
Lower than 85% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.5%
- 2016: 4.1%
- 2021: 19.1%
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.
Very few people in Gapuwiyak (L) have served in the Defence Force, at 0.9%. This is well below the Northern Territory figure of 5.2% and a little below the Australian average of 2.8%.
0.9%
Lower than 94% 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 Gapuwiyak [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL721005/gapuwiyak/topic/community