5.8% ▼ -15.7%
Lower than 97% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 6.9%
- 2016: 14.4%
- 2021: 5.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Apatula (Finke) · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Apatula (Finke)
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people provide unpaid care in Apatula (Finke) (L) than in most other parts of Australia. While formal volunteering is quite low, a huge 55.8% of the population helps look after children without being paid, which is far above the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 5.8% of people here volunteer, which is well below the Northern Territory and national figures of 14.1%. This rate has fallen slightly since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Providing unpaid care is common here, with 18.8% of residents doing so, well above the 11.9% national average. This is largely driven by the 55.8% of people who care for children unpaid, a figure far above the rest of the country.
18.8% ▼ -4.0%
Higher than 97% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 19.6%
- 2016: 18.7%
- 2021: 18.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
55.8% ▲ +13.2%
Higher than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 49.3%
- 2016: 43.2%
- 2021: 55.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
15.2% ▲ +9.1%
Lower than 90% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 14.0%
- 2016: 35.3%
- 2021: 15.2%
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 this area has served in the Defence Force, which is well below the Northern Territory rate 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 Apatula (Finke) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL722006/apatula/topic/community