17.1% ▲ +6.5%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.0%
- 2016: 18.1%
- 2021: 17.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Yattalunga · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Yattalunga
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher rates of unpaid work and volunteering set Yattalunga apart from the rest of the state. Roughly 30% of residents provide unpaid childcare, and over 17% volunteer their time. This suggests a community where people are very active in supporting others and their local area.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 17.1% of people helping out. This is well above the New South Wales figure of 13% and a little above the national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very frequent in Yattalunga. Well above the national average, 30.1% of people care for children unpaid and 28.4% spend 15 or more hours a week on housework. Around 13.4% provide other types of unpaid care, which is a little above the state and national figures.
13.4% ▼ -3.6%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.9%
- 2016: 18.3%
- 2021: 13.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.1% ▼ -27.0%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 41.2%
- 2016: 42.0%
- 2021: 30.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.4% ▼ -3.1%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.3%
- 2016: 26.5%
- 2021: 28.4%
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 served in the Defence Force make up 3.1% of the population. This is about the same as the figures for both New South Wales and Australia.
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).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Community Participation in Yattalunga [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14514/yattalunga/topic/community