20.1% ▼ -20.9%
Higher than 83% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 25.4%
- 2016: 24.6%
- 2021: 20.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Yeronga · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Community Participation in Yeronga
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Over one in five people in Yeronga give their time to volunteering, making it a community where people are far more likely to help out than those in most other areas. While volunteering rates have dipped since 2011, the area remains well above both the state and national figures. This spirit of contribution shapes the local social landscape.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 20.1% of residents volunteer, which is well above the Queensland and Australian figures of 14.1%. This is much higher than most other similar areas, although the rate fell 5.3 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is a little below the national figure at 23.9%, and slightly fewer people do 15 or more hours of housework than in most areas. Meanwhile, 12.3% of residents provide some form of unpaid care, a figure that rose 2.5 percentage points since 2011.
12.3% ▲ +25.0%
Higher than 50% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 9.8%
- 2016: 11.1%
- 2021: 12.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.9% ▼ -6.5%
Lower than 67% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 25.5%
- 2016: 24.2%
- 2021: 23.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.7% ▼ -3.0%
Lower than 73% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 19.3%
- 2016: 16.1%
- 2021: 18.7%
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.
Defence service is more common here than in most areas, with 3.2% of people having served. This is about the same as the 3.9% seen across Queensland and the 2.8% national figure.
3.2%
Higher than 60% 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 Yeronga [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/303021059/yeronga/topic/community