5.1% ▼ -75.8%
Lower than 98% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 20.9%
- 2016: 11.0%
- 2021: 5.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Robinson River (Mungoorbada) · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Robinson River (Mungoorbada)
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher rates of unpaid care define Robinson River (Mungoorbada) (L) compared to similar areas. While volunteering has dropped significantly, more than half the population now spends a great deal of time on housework and childcare.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 5.1% of people volunteer here, which is among the lowest for this level and well below the 14.1% figure for both the NT and Australia. This rate has fallen 16 points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is very common, with 58.7% of people caring for children, far above the national figure of 26.3%. Similarly, 52.2% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly and 15.2% provide other unpaid care, both of which are well above the NT and Australian averages.
15.2% ▲ +20.6%
Higher than 79% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 12.6%
- 2016: 2.8%
- 2021: 15.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
58.7% ▲ +163.3%
Higher than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 22.3%
- 2016: 25.5%
- 2021: 58.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
52.2% ▲ +111.3%
Higher than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 24.7%
- 2016: 13.8%
- 2021: 52.2%
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 3.7% of residents have served in the Defence Force, a figure that is around the middle for similar areas and about the same as the Australian average of 2.8%.
3.7%
Higher than 55% 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 Robinson River (Mungoorbada) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL722030/robinson-river/topic/community