6.3% ▼ -80.3%
Lower than 96% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 32.2%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 6.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Laramba · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Laramba
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A huge 44.4% of people in Laramba provide unpaid childcare, which is far above the national figure. While many are focused on family care, other forms of community work have dropped, with only 6.3% of the population volunteering.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering in Laramba is among the lowest for similar areas, falling 26 percentage points since 2011. At 6.3%, this is well below the 14.1% seen across both the Northern Territory and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is very common at 44.4%, far above the national rate of 26.3%. However, no one reported doing 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, and the 12.0% who provide other unpaid care is lower than in most areas.
12.0% ▼ -45.9%
Lower than 67% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 22.1%
- 2016: 4.9%
- 2021: 12.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
44.4% ▼ -43.1%
Higher than 94% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 78.0%
- 2016: 57.4%
- 2021: 44.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 16.3%
- 2016: 32.7%
- 2021: 0.0%
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.
Defence service is uncommon here, with only 2.1% of people having served. This is much lower than most similar areas and well below the Northern Territory's 5.2%.
2.1%
Lower than 86% 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 Laramba [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL722019/laramba/topic/community