20.5% ▲ +21.4%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.9%
- 2016: 24.3%
- 2021: 20.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Yanco · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Yanco
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A strong spirit of volunteering defines Yanco, where 20.5% of people give their time to help others. This is well above the national figure, making it a standout feature of the local community.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About one in five people volunteer here, which is well above 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.
Fewer people perform unpaid care and housework than in most areas. For example, only 15.6% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, which is well below the national figure of 20.7%.
11.2% ▲ +36.2%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.2%
- 2016: 9.2%
- 2021: 11.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.3% ▲ +24.3%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.9%
- 2016: 21.9%
- 2021: 22.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
15.6% ▼ -17.8%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.9%
- 2016: 18.1%
- 2021: 15.6%
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 0.7% of the population, which is a little below the national figure of 2.8%.
0.7%
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 Yanco [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14478/yanco/topic/community