19.0% ▼ -30.9%
Higher than 78% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 27.5%
- 2016: 27.0%
- 2021: 19.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Yarram · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Community Participation in Yarram
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher rates of volunteering than most similar areas define Yarram, where 19% of residents give their time to others. While this is well above the national figure, the number of volunteers has fallen by 8.5 percentage points since 2011.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 19% of people volunteer here, which is well above the Victorian rate of 13.3% and the national figure of 14.1%. This is much higher than most other areas, despite a downward trend since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common, with 14.6% of people providing support, a little above the national figure. While 27.4% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, the proportion of people caring for children unpaid is much lower than most areas at 19.5%.
14.6% ▲ +15.0%
Higher than 89% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 12.7%
- 2016: 12.6%
- 2021: 14.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
19.5% ▼ -13.3%
Lower than 87% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 22.5%
- 2016: 21.2%
- 2021: 19.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.4% ▼ -6.8%
Higher than 93% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 29.4%
- 2016: 25.8%
- 2021: 27.4%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 3.2% of the population. This is higher than most similar areas and a little above the 2% seen across Victoria.
3.2%
Higher than 61% 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 Yarram [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/205051104/yarram/topic/community