4.7% ▼ -33.2%
Lower than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.0%
- 2016: 8.7%
- 2021: 4.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Yennora · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Yennora
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Very few people in Yennora engage in unpaid care or volunteering compared to other similar areas. Only 4.7% of residents volunteer their time, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%. This trend of lower participation extends across childcare, housework, and military service.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is among the lowest for areas of this size, with only 4.7% of people helping out. This is well below the 13.0% seen across New South Wales.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is much lower than most areas, with only 8.3% of people providing unpaid care. This includes a far lower rate of people caring for children unpaid (15.8%) compared to the 26.3% national figure.
8.3% ▼ -22.4%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.7%
- 2016: 11.7%
- 2021: 8.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
15.8% ▼ -17.6%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.1%
- 2016: 19.0%
- 2021: 15.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
11.9% ▼ -22.0%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.2%
- 2016: 13.5%
- 2021: 11.9%
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 have served in the Defence Force make up 0.9% of the population. This is lower than most areas and a little below the 2.8% seen across Australia.
0.9%
Lower than 69% 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 Yennora [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14524/yennora/topic/community