18.9% ▼ -19.5%
Higher than 58% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 23.4%
- 2016: 25.3%
- 2021: 18.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Yilgarn · Council (LGA)
Community Participation in Yilgarn
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far fewer people provide unpaid care in Yilgarn compared to the rest of the state. While 18.9% of residents volunteer, which is well above the national figure, the area has some of the lowest rates of childcare and housework in the region.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Nearly one in five people volunteer here, a rate well above the national figure of 14.1%. However, this has fallen from 23.4% back in 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much less common here, with only 16% of people caring for children, which is far below the Western Australian figure of 28.5%. Similarly, the proportion of people providing other unpaid care or doing significant housework is well below national levels.
6.9% ▲ +3.9%
Lower than 92% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 6.7%
- 2016: 7.6%
- 2021: 6.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
16.0% ▼ -36.5%
Lower than 93% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 25.2%
- 2016: 22.9%
- 2021: 16.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
17.4% ▼ -3.7%
Lower than 81% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 18.1%
- 2016: 19.6%
- 2021: 17.4%
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.
About 2.9% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the figures for both the state and Australia.
2.9%
Lower than 53% 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 Yilgarn [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA59360/yilgarn/topic/community