12.7% ▲ +58.7%
Lower than 78% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 8.0%
- 2016: 14.8%
- 2021: 12.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Pine Creek · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Pine Creek
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A small number of residents contribute to the community through unpaid work in Pine Creek (L). Only 12.7% of people volunteer, though this is a 4.7 percentage point increase since 2011. Most daily life here involves far less unpaid care and housework than in other parts of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is much lower here than in most similar areas. At 12.7%, the rate is a little below both the Northern Territory and Australian figures of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is very low, with only 6.2% of people providing care, which is well below the national figure of 11.9%. This trend is consistent across the board, as the number of people doing unpaid housework and childcare has fallen significantly since 2011.
6.2% ▼ -63.3%
Lower than 96% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 16.8%
- 2016: 14.8%
- 2021: 6.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
17.3% ▼ -49.7%
Lower than 85% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 34.4%
- 2016: 29.6%
- 2021: 17.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
13.5% ▼ -36.1%
Lower than 92% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 21.1%
- 2016: 17.1%
- 2021: 13.5%
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.
About 3.5% of people have served in the Defence Force. This is about the same as the Australian average of 2.8%, though a little below the Northern Territory's 5.2%.
3.5%
Lower than 51% 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 Pine Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL722028/pine-creek/topic/community