2.2% ▼ -75.9%
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 9.1%
- 2016: 7.4%
- 2021: 2.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Nyirripi · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Nyirripi
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A far higher share of people provide unpaid childcare in Nyirripi than across the rest of the country. While 57.1% of residents care for children without pay, very few people here participate in other forms of community volunteering.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 2.2% of people volunteer, which is far below the Northern Territory and national figures of 14.1%. This is a significant drop from 2011, when 9.1% of residents volunteered.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
The rate of unpaid childcare is among the highest for similar areas and rose 24 points since 2011. In contrast, providing other unpaid care is well below the national figure at 2.7%, and no one reported doing 15 or more hours of unpaid housework.
2.7% ▼ -77.2%
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 12.0%
- 2016: 22.2%
- 2021: 2.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
57.1% ▲ +73.9%
Higher than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 32.9%
- 2016: 54.9%
- 2021: 57.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 5.5%
- 2016: 17.3%
- 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.
Around 3.4% of people have served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the Australian average and a little below the Northern Territory figure.
3.4%
Lower than 54% 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 Nyirripi [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL722026/nyirripi/topic/community