2.4% ▼ -76.5%
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 10.4%
- 2016: 14.7%
- 2021: 2.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Minyerri · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Minyerri
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Volunteer numbers have dropped significantly in Minyerri since 2011, though unpaid care remains a huge part of local life. While only 2.4% of people now volunteer, more than half the population provides unpaid childcare.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 2.4% of people in Minyerri volunteer, which is far below the Northern Territory and national figures of 14.1%. This is among the lowest rates for similar areas, falling 8.0 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is very common here, with 56.4% of people caring for children, a figure far above the national 26.3%. Similarly, 19.3% provide other unpaid care, and 21.8% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, though all three figures have fallen slightly since 2011.
19.3% ▼ -12.0%
Higher than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 22.0%
- 2016: 20.4%
- 2021: 19.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
56.4% ▼ -6.2%
Higher than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 60.2%
- 2016: 56.4%
- 2021: 56.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.8% ▼ -6.3%
Lower than 71% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 23.3%
- 2016: 15.2%
- 2021: 21.8%
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 uncommon in Minyerri, where 0.9% of people have served. This is among the lowest rates for similar areas and is well below the Northern Territory figure of 5.2%.
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 Minyerri [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL721011/minyerri/topic/community