4.1% ▼ -58.3%
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 9.7%
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 4.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Milikapiti · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Milikapiti
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Over a third of adults in Milikapiti provide unpaid childcare, making it a community where looking after children is a primary focus. While childcare responsibilities are very high, other forms of community work and unpaid care have fallen since 2011.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 4.1% of people volunteer, which is far below the Northern Territory and national figures of 14.1%. This is among the lowest rates for similar areas, falling 5.7 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Childcare is common here, with 35.3% of people caring for children unpaid, well above the national figure of 26.3%. In contrast, those doing over 15 hours of housework (6.3%) and those providing other unpaid care (6.9%) are both among the lowest for this level.
6.9% ▼ -56.9%
Lower than 94% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 15.9%
- 2016: 4.4%
- 2021: 6.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
35.3% ▼ -12.7%
Higher than 87% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 40.5%
- 2016: 35.3%
- 2021: 35.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
6.3% ▼ -52.1%
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 13.0%
- 2016: 33.6%
- 2021: 6.3%
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 Milikapiti has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is well below the Northern Territory's 5.2% and a little below the national rate 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 Milikapiti [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL722021/milikapiti/topic/community