8.1% ▼ -40.2%
Lower than 92% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 13.5%
- 2016: 25.3%
- 2021: 8.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Yuendumu · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Yuendumu
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Volunteer rates have dropped by more than half since 2011 in Yuendumu. While community involvement in official roles has fallen, nearly 46% of people provide unpaid childcare, which is far above the national figure. This highlights a shift toward home-based care over formal community volunteering.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 8.1% of people volunteer here, which is well below the Northern Territory and national figures of 14.1%. This is among the lowest rates for similar areas and has fallen 5.4 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is very common, with 45.9% of people providing it—far above the 26.3% national average. However, other forms of unpaid work have dropped, with only 5.8% doing 15 or more hours of housework and 12% providing general unpaid care.
12.0% ▼ -55.5%
Lower than 67% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 26.9%
- 2016: 17.6%
- 2021: 12.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
45.9% ▼ -14.8%
Higher than 95% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 53.9%
- 2016: 71.4%
- 2021: 45.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
5.8% ▼ -71.6%
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 20.4%
- 2016: 27.0%
- 2021: 5.8%
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 Yuendumu, where only 1.7% of people have served. This is much lower than most similar areas and well below the Northern Territory rate of 5.2%.
1.7%
Lower than 88% 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 Yuendumu [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL721017/yuendumu/topic/community