3.2% ▼ -46.4%
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 5.9%
- 2016: 8.8%
- 2021: 3.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Papunya · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Papunya
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Papunya (L) shows a stark contrast between low formal volunteering and very high rates of unpaid family support. While very few people volunteer for organisations, over half the population provides unpaid childcare, a figure far above the national average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 3.2% of people volunteer here, which is among the lowest for similar areas. This is far below the Northern Territory and Australian figures of 14.1%, and the rate has fallen since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is very common, with 54.3% of people caring for children, a figure far above the national average of 26.3%. This is consistent with more people doing significant housework and providing general unpaid care, both of which have risen since 2011.
13.2% ▲ +26.7%
Higher than 51% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 10.5%
- 2016: 23.4%
- 2021: 13.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
54.3% ▲ +51.9%
Higher than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 35.7%
- 2016: 59.7%
- 2021: 54.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.9% ▲ +47.5%
Higher than 66% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 17.5%
- 2016: 23.7%
- 2021: 25.9%
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, which is well below the Northern Territory rate of 5.2%.
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 Papunya [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL722027/papunya/topic/community