2.4% ▼ -69.4%
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 7.8%
- 2016: 10.5%
- 2021: 2.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Alpurrurulam · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Alpurrurulam
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community contribution in Alpurrurulam (L) has shifted since 2011, with a big rise in child care but a drop in volunteering. Now, 42.9% of people provide unpaid childcare, which is far above the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering has fallen in Alpurrurulam (L), with only 2.4% of people volunteering. This is far below both the Northern Territory and Australian figures of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Far more people here provide unpaid childcare than in most other areas, and this figure rose 10 points since 2011. In contrast, those providing other unpaid care are among the lowest at 5.6%, and those doing 15 or more hours of housework fell to 17.5%.
5.6% ▼ -17.9%
Lower than 98% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 6.8%
- 2016: 14.6%
- 2021: 5.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
42.9% ▲ +30.6%
Higher than 93% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 32.8%
- 2016: 41.2%
- 2021: 42.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
17.5% ▼ -31.2%
Lower than 88% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 25.4%
- 2016: 7.5%
- 2021: 17.5%
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.
Very few people in Alpurrurulam (L) have served in the Defence Force. At 1.6%, this is well below the Northern Territory figure of 5.2% and a little below the Australian average.
1.6%
Lower than 89% 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 Alpurrurulam [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL722003/alpurrurulam/topic/community