3.1% ▼ -58.3%
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 7.4%
- 2016: 6.8%
- 2021: 3.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Jilkminggan · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Jilkminggan
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than half of residents in Jilkminggan provide unpaid childcare, making it one of the highest rates for this activity in the region. While family care is common, other forms of community work are much less frequent, with very few people volunteering or serving in the military.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 3.1% of people in Jilkminggan volunteer, which is far below the Northern Territory and Australian figures of 14.1%. This level of participation has fallen by 4.3 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is very common here, with 51.8% of people providing care—far above the national figure of 26.3%. Meanwhile, 21.5% do at least 15 hours of housework weekly, and 11.8% provide other unpaid care, both of which have fallen since 2011.
11.8% ▼ -37.8%
Lower than 69% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 19.0%
- 2016: 13.1%
- 2021: 11.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
51.8% ▲ +20.6%
Higher than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 42.9%
- 2016: 41.3%
- 2021: 51.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.5% ▼ -13.3%
Lower than 72% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 24.8%
- 2016: 15.0%
- 2021: 21.5%
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.
No one in Jilkminggan has served in the Defence Force, a rate that is 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 Jilkminggan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL722017/jilkminggan/topic/community