24.4% —
Higher than 93% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 31.9%
- 2021: 24.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Yass Surrounds · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Community Participation in Yass Surrounds
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly one in three people in Yass Surrounds provide unpaid childcare, a rate well above the national figure. This is a community where people contribute heavily through both unpaid family work and volunteering, though the number of volunteers has dropped since 2016.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 24.4% of residents helping out, which is far above the New South Wales figure of 13.0%. However, this is 7.4 percentage points lower than it was in 2016.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is much more common than in most areas, with 30.9% of people caring for children and 26.2% spending 15 or more hours a week on housework. Those providing other types of unpaid care rose to 13.8% by 2021, which is a little above the national figure.
13.8% —
Higher than 78% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 13.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.9% —
Higher than 79% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 31.7%
- 2021: 30.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.2% —
Higher than 88% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 26.7%
- 2021: 26.2%
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.
The proportion of people who served in the Defence Force is 6.5%, which is among the highest for similar areas and well above the 2.8% national figure.
6.5%
Higher than 93% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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 Yass Surrounds [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/101061542/yass-surrounds/topic/community