11.5% ▼ -33.1%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.2%
- 2016: 17.0%
- 2021: 11.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Yanderra · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Yanderra
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Daily life in Yanderra involves a fair amount of home and family responsibility, though few residents take on formal community roles. Only 11.5% of people volunteer, which is much lower than most similar areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
At 11.5%, the proportion of volunteers in Yanderra is much lower than most areas and sits a little below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
About 26.5% of people provide unpaid childcare, which is around the middle for similar areas and about the same as the Australian average. Other unpaid work is less common, with 21.6% doing 15 or more hours of housework and 11.4% providing general unpaid care.
11.4% ▼ -16.6%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.6%
- 2016: 15.4%
- 2021: 11.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.5% ▼ -25.8%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.7%
- 2016: 30.6%
- 2021: 26.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.6% ▼ -23.3%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.2%
- 2016: 22.6%
- 2021: 21.6%
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.
A small number of residents have served in the Defence Force, at 1.4%. This is lower than most similar areas and a little below the national figure of 2.8%.
1.4%
Lower than 64% 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 Yanderra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14479/yanderra/topic/community