6.3% ▼ -30.8%
Lower than 98% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 9.2%
- 2016: 10.4%
- 2021: 6.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Yagoona - Birrong · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Community Participation in Yagoona - Birrong
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A gap of nearly 8 percentage points separates Yagoona - Birrong from the national average for volunteering. Only 6.3% of people here volunteer, a figure that is among the lowest for similar areas and has fallen since 2011.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is quite low in Yagoona - Birrong at 6.3%, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 13.0%. This rate has dropped 2.8 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Fewer people here perform unpaid work compared to most areas. This includes those caring for children (22.4%) and those doing 15 or more hours of housework (18.0%), both of which are well below the national figures.
11.1% ▼ -4.9%
Lower than 68% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 11.7%
- 2016: 12.1%
- 2021: 11.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.4% ▼ -9.3%
Lower than 76% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 24.7%
- 2016: 24.6%
- 2021: 22.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.0% ▼ -4.0%
Lower than 77% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 18.7%
- 2016: 17.8%
- 2021: 18.0%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 0.7% of the population. This is among the lowest proportions for similar areas and is a little below the national figure of 2.8%.
0.7%
Lower than 96% 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 Yagoona - Birrong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/119011361/yagoona-birrong/topic/community