13.8% ▼ -30.7%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.9%
- 2016: 20.4%
- 2021: 13.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Yenda · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Yenda
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 28% of people in Yenda provide unpaid childcare, which is a higher rate than most similar areas. This high level of family support stands out as the most common form of community contribution in the area. Other forms of participation, like volunteering and formal care, are closer to state and national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 13.8% of the community volunteer, a figure that is lower than most areas but remains about the same as the New South Wales and national rates.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 27.9% of residents provide unpaid childcare and 24.5% do at least 15 hours of housework—both well above state and national figures—only 11.7% provide other types of unpaid care.
11.7% ▼ -4.6%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.3%
- 2016: 12.9%
- 2021: 11.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.9% ▼ -8.9%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.7%
- 2016: 30.7%
- 2021: 27.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.5% ▼ -6.0%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.1%
- 2016: 23.6%
- 2021: 24.5%
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.
Defence service is common for the area, with 2.2% of people having served, which is about the same as the figures for New South Wales and Australia.
2.2%
Lower 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 Yenda [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14522/yenda/topic/community