15.5% ▼ -22.6%
Higher than 54% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 20.0%
- 2016: 21.3%
- 2021: 15.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Yarra Ranges · Sub-region (SA3)
Community Participation in Yarra Ranges
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people provide unpaid care in Yarra Ranges than in other parts of the state. While 30.4% of residents look after children without pay, volunteering has fallen to 15.5% over the last decade.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering rates in Yarra Ranges are a little above the national figure of 14.1%, though this has dropped from 20% back in 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very common here, with 23.9% of people doing at least 15 hours of housework weekly. This is well above the 20.1% seen across Victoria, and the number of people providing general unpaid care has risen to 14.7%.
14.7% ▲ +23.8%
Higher than 98% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 11.9%
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 14.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.4% ▼ -2.8%
Higher than 86% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 31.3%
- 2016: 31.0%
- 2021: 30.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.9% ▼ -3.9%
Higher than 78% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 24.9%
- 2016: 22.9%
- 2021: 23.9%
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 2.3% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is lower than most areas and about the same as the national figure.
2.3%
Lower than 72% of sub-region (sa3) 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 Yarra Ranges [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/21105/yarra-ranges/topic/community