15.4% ▼ -8.6%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.8%
- 2016: 19.4%
- 2021: 15.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Yellow Rock · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Yellow Rock
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher rates of unpaid housework than most similar areas define the community spirit in Yellow Rock. While volunteering is less common here than in other parts of the country, a large portion of the population spends significant time supporting their households and families.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15.4% of residents volunteer their time, which is a little above the figures for both New South Wales and Australia, though this is lower than most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, with 31.1% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, a figure far above the national average. This sits alongside 27.4% of people caring for children unpaid and 13.5% providing other unpaid care, both of which are a little above state and national levels.
13.5% ▲ +27.2%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.6%
- 2016: 11.8%
- 2021: 13.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.4% ▼ -20.9%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.7%
- 2016: 32.0%
- 2021: 27.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
31.1% ▲ +24.9%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.9%
- 2016: 27.7%
- 2021: 31.1%
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 2.2% of the population, which is about the same as the figures for New South Wales and Australia.
2.2%
Lower than 57% 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 Yellow Rock [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14520/yellow-rock/topic/community