18.6% ▼ -42.3%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.2%
- 2016: 26.4%
- 2021: 18.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Yeoval · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Yeoval
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 19% of people in Yeoval give their time to volunteering, a figure well above the national average. This high level of community spirit is a standout feature for the area. Most other participation figures, including unpaid care and military service, sit closer to state and national norms.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteers make up 18.6% of the population, which is well above the 13% seen in New South Wales and the 14.1% recorded across Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is lower than most areas at 23%, while 14.5% of residents provide other forms of unpaid care, which is a little above the national figure.
14.5% ▲ +21.2%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.0%
- 2016: 10.2%
- 2021: 14.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.0% ▲ +7.1%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.5%
- 2016: 21.9%
- 2021: 23.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.3% ▼ -12.4%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.5%
- 2016: 24.4%
- 2021: 22.3%
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.
About 1.8% of people have served in the Defence Force, a rate that is about the same as the state and national figures.
1.8%
Lower than 60% 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 Yeoval [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14525/yeoval/topic/community