11.4% —
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 28.3%
- 2021: 11.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Yarras · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Yarras
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Only 11.4% of people in Yarras volunteer, a figure that is much lower than most similar areas. This reflects a community where participation in formal volunteering and defence service is relatively low compared to the rest of the state.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
The proportion of volunteers is 11.4%, which is a little below both the New South Wales figure of 13% and the national average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 25% of people provide unpaid childcare—about the same as the state average—another 25% do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, which is well above the national figure of 20.7%. However, the 9.1% of residents providing other unpaid care is much lower than in most areas.
9.1% —
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 20.8%
- 2021: 9.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.0% —
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 30.2%
- 2021: 25.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.0% —
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 24.5%
- 2021: 25.0%
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force, a rate that is a little below the New South Wales figure of 2.3%.
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 Yarras [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14499/yarras/topic/community