28.3% —
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 40.0%
- 2021: 28.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Yaven Creek · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Yaven Creek
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people in Yaven Creek give their time to others than in most of the country. Roughly 28% of the population volunteer, which is double the national figure. This high level of community spirit is mirrored in the huge number of residents who perform unpaid care and housework.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 28.3% of people helping out. This is far above the New South Wales figure of 13% and the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
A huge 39.1% of people provide unpaid childcare and 37% do at least 15 hours of housework weekly, both far above state and national figures. However, the 6.5% who provide other types of unpaid care is well below the 11.9% national average.
6.5% —
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.5%
- 2021: 6.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
39.1% —
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 52.5%
- 2021: 39.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
37.0% —
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 27.5%
- 2021: 37.0%
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 Yaven Creek has served in the Defence Force. This is a little below the New South Wales rate of 2.3% and the national figure of 2.8%.
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 Yaven Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14516/yaven-creek/topic/community