5.0% ▼ -21.4%
Lower than 98% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 6.3%
- 2016: 13.0%
- 2021: 5.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Numbulwar · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Numbulwar
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 67% of people in Numbulwar provide unpaid childcare, a figure far above the national average. This high level of family support defines community life here, even as formal volunteering has declined. It is a place where a huge proportion of residents dedicate their time to caring for others at home.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 5% of people in Numbulwar volunteer, which is well below the Northern Territory figure of 14.1%. This rate is among the lowest for similar areas and has fallen by 1.3 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very common here, with 52.7% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework a week, far above the national figure of 20.7%. This coincides with a high rate of unpaid care, as 14.7% of residents provide care for others.
14.7% ▲ +79.5%
Higher than 73% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 8.2%
- 2016: 13.0%
- 2021: 14.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
67.2% ▲ +60.3%
Higher than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 41.9%
- 2016: 44.3%
- 2021: 67.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
52.7% ▲ +169.0%
Higher than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 19.6%
- 2016: 12.6%
- 2021: 52.7%
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.
About 2.4% of the population has served in the Defence Force. This is much lower than most similar areas and a little below the Northern Territory average of 5.2%.
2.4%
Lower than 79% 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 Numbulwar [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL721012/numbulwar/topic/community