13.0% ▼ -20.5%
Lower than 77% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 16.4%
- 2016: 19.9%
- 2021: 13.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Jabiru · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Jabiru
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people in Jabiru engage in unpaid care or volunteer work compared to most other Australian areas. Only 13% of residents volunteer, a figure that has fallen since 2011. While many people still help raise children, overall levels of unpaid support and community service are notably low.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is much lower here than in most areas, with just 13% of people pitching in. This is a little below the national figure of 14.1% and represents a 3.3 point drop since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
A little more than the national average of 26.3% are unpaid carers for children, though this fell to 27.7% over the last decade. Other forms of unpaid support are very low, with only 7.6% providing general care and 16.2% doing 15 or more hours of housework—both figures well below the national average.
7.6% ▼ -14.2%
Lower than 92% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 8.9%
- 2016: 6.1%
- 2021: 7.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.7% ▼ -12.0%
Higher than 67% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 31.5%
- 2016: 28.7%
- 2021: 27.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
16.2% ▼ -36.9%
Lower than 89% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 25.7%
- 2016: 15.1%
- 2021: 16.2%
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 less common here than in most areas, with 2.7% of people having served. This is a little below the Northern Territory figure of 5.2%, but about the same as the national average of 2.8%.
2.7%
Lower than 73% 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 Jabiru [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL721009/jabiru/topic/community