17.9% —
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 50.0%
- 2021: 17.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Yarrabandai · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Yarrabandai
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people than usual give their time to others in Yarrabandai, where 17.9% of residents volunteer. This is well above the national figure of 14.1%. While community spirit is high, the area sees much lower levels of unpaid care and housework than most similar places.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 17.9% of people helping out. This is well above the 13.0% seen across New South Wales.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Far fewer people perform unpaid care roles here than in the rest of Australia. Only 14.3% provide unpaid childcare and 14.3% do 15 or more hours of housework, both of which are well below national figures.
10.7% —
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 10.7%
- 2021: 10.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
14.3% —
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 28.6%
- 2021: 14.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
14.3% —
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 60.7%
- 2021: 14.3%
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 uncommon in the area, with 0.0% of residents having served. This is a little below the 2.8% national average.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Yarrabandai [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14487/yarrabandai/topic/community