15.0% ▲ +365.0%
Lower than 64% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 3.2%
- 2016: 10.7%
- 2021: 15.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Timber Creek · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Timber Creek
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A high number of residents in Timber Creek provide unpaid support to others in their daily lives. Around 19.5% of people provide unpaid care, which is far above the Northern Territory figure. This is a key part of local life, even as the number of people caring for children has dropped significantly since 2011.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering has grown quickly here, rising 12 percentage points since 2011 to reach 15.0%. This is about the same as the national and Territory figures, though it remains lower than most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is very common, with 19.5% of people providing support—far above the 9.5% seen across the Territory. This includes 36.4% of people caring for children, a figure far above the Australian average, although this has fallen 29 points since 2011.
19.5% ▼ -4.1%
Higher than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 20.4%
- 2016: 9.1%
- 2021: 19.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
36.4% ▼ -44.3%
Higher than 88% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 65.3%
- 2016: 20.3%
- 2021: 36.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.9% ▼ -35.4%
Lower than 76% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 32.4%
- 2016: 10.2%
- 2021: 20.9%
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.
Only 1.8% of the community have served in the Defence Force. This is much lower than most similar areas and well below the Northern Territory figure of 5.2%.
1.8%
Lower than 87% 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 Timber Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL722031/timber-creek/topic/community