13.1% —
Lower than 76% of urban centre areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Remainder of State/Territory · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Remainder of State/Territory
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement across the Remainder of State/Territory (NT) has seen steady shifts, marked by a notably high proportion of people who have served in the Defence Force. While volunteering is less common here than in other regions, nearly 30% of residents provide unpaid childcare.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 13.1% of people volunteer their time, which is much lower than most areas and slightly below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is common, with 29.1% of people providing this care, which is a little above the Australian average. In contrast, those providing other forms of unpaid care are much fewer than in most areas at 9.2%.
9.2% —
Lower than 87% of urban centre areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.1% —
Higher than 73% of urban centre areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.2% —
Lower than 80% of urban centre areas.
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.
A striking 5.1% of residents have served in the Defence Force, a figure that is much higher than most areas and sits a little above the national average of 2.8%.
5.1%
Higher than 78% 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 Remainder of State/Territory [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL731001/remainder-of-state-territory/topic/community