6.4% ▼ -17.0%
Lower than 96% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 7.7%
- 2016: 3.4%
- 2021: 6.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Atitjere · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Atitjere
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Family responsibilities shape daily life in Atitjere (L), where nearly half of all residents provide unpaid childcare. While formal volunteering is low, there is a strong presence of people managing home and children.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 6.4% of people here volunteer, which is well below the Northern Territory and Australian figures of 14.1%. This level of participation has fallen by 1.3 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Providing unpaid childcare is very common, with 46.1% of residents doing so—far above the national figure of 26.3%. This is alongside a rise in those doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, while those providing other unpaid care have fallen to just 2.1%.
2.1% ▼ -88.2%
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 18.1%
- 2016: 15.1%
- 2021: 2.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
46.1% ▲ +26.6%
Higher than 95% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 36.4%
- 2016: 60.3%
- 2021: 46.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.7% ▲ +17.1%
Lower than 63% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 19.4%
- 2016: 43.2%
- 2021: 22.7%
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 this area 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 Atitjere [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL722008/atitjere/topic/community