4.3% ▼ -12.9%
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 5.0%
- 2016: 22.1%
- 2021: 4.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Ampilatwatja · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Ampilatwatja
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A huge increase in unpaid care has shaped community life in Ampilatwatja since 2011. While formal volunteering is low, more than 60% of people now provide unpaid childcare, a figure far above the national average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 4.3% of people here volunteer, which is well below the 14.1% seen across the Northern Territory and Australia. This rate has barely changed since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Childcare is a major focus here, with 60.3% of people caring for children unpaid, up 30 points since 2011. This is far above the national figure of 26.3%, and 41.7% of residents also do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework. Meanwhile, 10.7% provide other unpaid care, which is a little below the Australian average.
10.7% ▼ -20.4%
Lower than 78% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 13.4%
- 2016: 21.0%
- 2021: 10.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
60.3% ▲ +101.1%
Higher than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 30.0%
- 2016: 82.6%
- 2021: 60.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
41.7% ▲ +977.4%
Higher than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 3.9%
- 2016: 22.1%
- 2021: 41.7%
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.
No one in the community has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is well below the Northern Territory average 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 Ampilatwatja [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL722005/ampilatwatja/topic/community