21.0% ▼ -10.7%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.5%
- 2016: 22.6%
- 2021: 21.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Yarramalong · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Yarramalong
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people in Yarramalong provide unpaid care than in most other areas, with 37% caring for children without pay. This community is highly active in supporting others, both through formal volunteering and duties at home. It is a place where residents contribute significantly more time to unpaid work and community service than the national average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 21% of residents helping out. This is well above the 14.1% national figure and the New South Wales rate of 13%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is a major part of life in Yarramalong; 33.9% of people spend 15 or more hours a week on housework, which is far above the national figure of 20.7%. This high level of home activity goes alongside a very high rate of people caring for children unpaid.
13.6% ▲ +1.3%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.4%
- 2016: 12.8%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
37.0% ▲ +15.5%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.0%
- 2016: 35.0%
- 2021: 37.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
33.9% ▲ +12.3%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.1%
- 2016: 23.7%
- 2021: 33.9%
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.
About 3.1% of the population have served in the Defence Force. This is about the same as the figures for New South Wales and Australia overall.
3.1%
Higher than 58% 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).
More for Yarramalong
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Community Participation in Yarramalong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14493/yarramalong/topic/community