7.1% ▼ -37.3%
Lower than 96% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 11.3%
- 2016: 10.3%
- 2021: 7.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Yarrabah · Council (LGA)
Community Participation in Yarrabah
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly half of all residents in Yarrabah provide unpaid childcare, making it one of the highest areas for this role in the country. While many people are heavily involved in caring for family, other forms of community work are much less common here.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is quite low in Yarrabah, with only 7.1% of people helping out. This is well below the national figure of 14.1% and has fallen since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Almost half of residents (49.8%) provide unpaid childcare, which is far above the national figure of 26.3%. Similarly, 19.6% provide other unpaid care, a rate well above the national average that has risen since 2011. However, only 11.2% spend 15 or more hours on housework, which is well below the 20.7% seen across Australia.
19.6% ▲ +31.8%
Higher than 99% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 14.9%
- 2016: 9.0%
- 2021: 19.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
49.8% ▼ -3.5%
Higher than 99% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 51.6%
- 2016: 38.2%
- 2021: 49.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
11.2% ▼ -44.3%
Lower than 94% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 20.0%
- 2016: 19.9%
- 2021: 11.2%
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.
A higher than usual share of the population has served in the Defence Force, with 3.4% of residents having served. This is about the same as the figures for Queensland and Australia.
3.4%
Higher than 63% of council (lga) 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 Yarrabah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA37600/yarrabah/topic/community