5.0% ▲ +22.9%
Lower than 98% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 4.1%
- 2016: 6.3%
- 2021: 5.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Nauiyu Nambiyu (Daly River) · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Nauiyu Nambiyu (Daly River)
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people provide unpaid care in Nauiyu Nambiyu (Daly River) than in most similar areas. While 21.2% of residents offer unpaid care, very few participate in formal volunteering. This highlights a community where support is focused heavily on family and home duties rather than organised groups.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 5.0% of people volunteer, which is well below the Northern Territory and national figures of 14.1%. This rate has risen slightly since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 37.7% of people caring for children, far above the national figure of 26.3%. Providing general unpaid care is also much more common than in the rest of the Territory, and 23.5% of residents spend 15 or more hours a week on housework.
21.2% ▲ +24.8%
Higher than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 16.9%
- 2016: 9.9%
- 2021: 21.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
37.7% ▲ +22.8%
Higher than 89% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 30.7%
- 2016: 33.3%
- 2021: 37.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.5% ▲ +432.4%
Lower than 56% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 4.4%
- 2016: 15.9%
- 2021: 23.5%
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.
Defence service is rare in the area, with only 1.2% of people having served, which is well below the Northern Territory rate of 5.2%.
1.2%
Lower than 92% 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 Nauiyu Nambiyu (Daly River) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL722024/nauiyu-nambiyu/topic/community