6.3% ▼ -29.1%
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.9%
- 2016: 10.1%
- 2021: 6.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Yagoona · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Yagoona
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far fewer people get involved in unpaid work and volunteering in Yagoona than in the rest of the country. Only 6.3% of residents volunteer, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%. This trend of lower participation extends across community service, unpaid care, and defence history.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is among the lowest for areas like this, with only 6.3% of people helping out. This is well below both the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is less common here than in most areas. Only 10.9% of people provide unpaid care, and those doing 15 or more hours of housework (17.7%) are well below the national figure of 20.7%.
10.9% ▼ -7.4%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.8%
- 2016: 12.3%
- 2021: 10.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.8% ▼ -7.9%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.7%
- 2016: 24.7%
- 2021: 22.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
17.7% ▼ -4.5%
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.5%
- 2016: 17.5%
- 2021: 17.7%
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 also less common in Yagoona. Only 0.6% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the New South Wales rate of 2.3%.
0.6%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality 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 [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14471/yagoona/topic/community