2.3% ▼ -59.4%
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 5.6%
- 2016: 7.9%
- 2021: 2.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Ali Curung · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Ali Curung
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A massive 56% of people in Ali Curung provide unpaid child care, a figure far above both the Territory and national rates. This highlights a community where home-based care is a primary activity, while formal volunteering is very low.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 2.3% of people volunteer here, which is among the lowest rate for similar areas and far below the national figure of 14.1%. This is a decline from 2011, when the rate was 5.6%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Over half of residents provide unpaid childcare, and 38.2% do at least 15 hours of housework weekly, both figures far above the national average. Meanwhile, the 6.5% of people providing other unpaid care is well below the Australian figure of 11.9%.
6.5% ▼ -42.7%
Lower than 95% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 11.3%
- 2016: 15.2%
- 2021: 6.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
55.7% ▲ +11.5%
Higher than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 50.0%
- 2016: 37.3%
- 2021: 55.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
38.2% ▲ +42.3%
Higher than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 26.8%
- 2016: 5.0%
- 2021: 38.2%
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.
No one in the community has served in the Defence Force, a rate well below the Northern Territory figure of 5.2%.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Ali Curung [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL722002/ali-curung/topic/community