27.9% ▼ -16.6%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.5%
- 2016: 25.4%
- 2021: 27.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Yarrie Lake · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Yarrie Lake
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 28% of people in Yarrie Lake volunteer, a figure that is far above the national average. This community is highly active in unpaid work and service, with strong rates of volunteering and former defence force members.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 27.9% of residents giving their time, which is far above the 14.1% national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for others is much higher than most areas at 16.2%, though the 22.1% of people caring for children is well below the Australian average of 26.3%.
16.2% ▲ +10.2%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.7%
- 2016: 20.3%
- 2021: 16.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.1% ▼ -31.9%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.4%
- 2016: 23.7%
- 2021: 22.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.6% ▼ -34.4%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.4%
- 2016: 35.6%
- 2021: 20.6%
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 have served in the Defence Force make up 7.6% of the population, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 2.3%.
7.6%
Higher than 90% 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 Yarrie Lake [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14506/yarrie-lake/topic/community