0.0% —
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Wutunugurra · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Wutunugurra
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Over half of all residents in Wutunugurra (L) provide unpaid childcare, making it one of the highest rates for this activity in the region. This strong focus on family care stands in contrast to a lack of other community activities, such as formal volunteering.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
No one in the area reported volunteering in 2021, which is far below the national figure of 14.1%. This represents a 12 point drop since 2016.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Family responsibilities are high here, with 53.5% of people caring for children unpaid and 48.5% doing at least 15 hours of housework weekly—both figures far above the national average. However, the share of people providing other types of unpaid care fell to 0.0%.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 25.4%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
53.5% —
Higher than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 40.2%
- 2021: 53.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
48.5% —
Higher than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 20.6%
- 2021: 48.5%
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.
No one in Wutunugurra (L) has served in the Defence Force, which is well below the Northern Territory figure 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 Wutunugurra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL722038/wutunugurra/topic/community