7.0% ▼ -42.5%
Lower than 96% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 12.2%
- 2016: 14.6%
- 2021: 7.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Yalgoo · Council (LGA)
Community Participation in Yalgoo
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Only 7% of people in Yalgoo volunteer their time, which is among the lowest rates for similar areas. This figure has dropped significantly from 12.2% in 2011, reflecting a general decline in community participation across the district.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering has fallen by 5.2 percentage points since 2011. At 7%, this is well below the Western Australian figure of 15.9% and the national rate of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is far less common here than in most of the country, with only 9.9% of people caring for children and 8.3% doing 15 or more hours of housework. These figures are both far below the national averages and have fallen since 2011.
4.2% ▼ -18.8%
Lower than 99% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 5.1%
- 2016: 5.6%
- 2021: 4.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
9.9% ▼ -53.6%
Lower than 99% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 21.4%
- 2016: 18.2%
- 2021: 9.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
8.3% ▼ -20.7%
Lower than 99% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 10.5%
- 2016: 10.6%
- 2021: 8.3%
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 small number of residents have served in the Defence Force, at 1%. This is a little below the figures for both Western Australia and the rest of the country.
1.0%
Lower than 97% 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 Yalgoo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA59350/yalgoo/topic/community