33.6% ▲ +3.0%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.6%
- 2016: 29.9%
- 2021: 33.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Yarrowitch · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Yarrowitch
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A far higher share of people volunteer in Yarrowitch than in the rest of the country. About 33.6% of residents give their time to help others, which is more than double the national figure of 14.1%. This strong spirit of helping others defines the local community.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 33.6% of people helping out, far above the 13% seen in New South Wales.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While far fewer people care for children unpaid compared to the state, more residents spend significant time on housework. About 29.5% do 15 or more hours of unpaid home chores weekly, well above the national figure of 20.7%.
14.4% ▲ +3.9%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.8%
- 2016: 9.5%
- 2021: 14.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
17.8% ▼ -37.4%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.5%
- 2016: 19.7%
- 2021: 17.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
29.5% ▼ -5.9%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.3%
- 2016: 21.8%
- 2021: 29.5%
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 Yarrowitch has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the New South Wales rate 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 Yarrowitch [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14509/yarrowitch/topic/community