6.0% ▼ -35.0%
Lower than 96% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 9.2%
- 2016: 9.4%
- 2021: 6.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Hermannsburg · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Hermannsburg
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 44% of people provide unpaid childcare in Hermannsburg (L), a figure far above the national average. While many residents are focused on looking after children, other forms of community work and volunteering are much less common here than in most other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 6% of residents volunteer, which is among the lowest rates for similar areas and well below the national figure of 14.1%. This rate has fallen by 3.2 points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is very common at 44.4%, which is far above the national figure of 26.3%. In contrast, the 3.7% of people providing other unpaid care is well below the Australian average of 11.9% and has fallen sharply since 2011.
3.7% ▼ -73.5%
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 14.0%
- 2016: 17.9%
- 2021: 3.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
44.4% ▲ +32.0%
Higher than 94% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 33.7%
- 2016: 43.1%
- 2021: 44.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
4.7% ▲ +70.6%
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.8%
- 2016: 13.3%
- 2021: 4.7%
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.
Defence service is rare in the area, with only 0.7% of people having served. This is well below the Northern Territory figure of 5.2% and a little below the national average of 2.8%.
0.7%
Lower than 95% 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 Hermannsburg [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL721006/hermannsburg/topic/community