17.4% ▼ -12.5%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.9%
- 2016: 20.7%
- 2021: 17.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Yamba · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Yamba
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Yamba stands out among similar areas for its high levels of community service and volunteering. Around 17.4% of residents volunteer, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%. This spirit of contribution is also seen in the high number of former Defence Force members living here.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteer rates in Yamba are well above the New South Wales average of 13.0%, with 17.4% of people giving their time to help others.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While a much lower proportion of people care for children unpaid compared to the rest of Australia, those who do housework spend more time on it, with 24.5% doing 15 or more hours a week.
12.9% ▲ +1.1%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.7%
- 2016: 13.4%
- 2021: 12.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
17.5% ▼ -11.9%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.9%
- 2016: 18.1%
- 2021: 17.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.5% ▼ -15.1%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.9%
- 2016: 25.4%
- 2021: 24.5%
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.
Five per cent of people in Yamba have served in the Defence Force, a figure that is much higher than most similar areas and slightly above the New South Wales average of 2.3%.
5.0%
Higher than 81% 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 Yamba [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14476/yamba/topic/community