6.8% ▲ +49.2%
Lower than 95% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 4.5%
- 2016: 5.9%
- 2021: 6.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Kaltukatjara (Docker River) · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Kaltukatjara (Docker River)
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly half of all adults in Kaltukatjara (Docker River) provide unpaid childcare, a figure far above the national average. While many residents focus on these family responsibilities, other forms of community involvement like volunteering are much lower than in most areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is uncommon here, with only 6.8% of people helping out. This is well below the 14.1% seen across Australia and the NT, although the figure has risen slightly since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is very common, as 31.6% of people provide care for others, which is far above the NT's 9.5%. This is consistent with the 45.8% of residents who look after children unpaid, though that specific figure has fallen since 2011.
31.6% ▲ +400.9%
Higher than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 6.3%
- 2016: 9.3%
- 2021: 31.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
45.8% ▼ -29.4%
Higher than 95% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 64.8%
- 2016: 26.0%
- 2021: 45.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
9.0% ▼ -39.9%
Lower than 97% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 15.0%
- 2016: 5.0%
- 2021: 9.0%
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. This is well below the NT figure of 5.2% and a little below the Australian average of 2.8%.
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 Kaltukatjara (Docker River) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL722018/kaltukatjara/topic/community