27.1% ▼ -31.4%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 39.6%
- 2016: 37.4%
- 2021: 27.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Yerong Creek · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Yerong Creek
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A standout 27.1% of people in Yerong Creek volunteer, which is far above the national figure. This high level of community spirit marks the area as one of the most active for volunteering compared to similar places.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 27.1% of residents helping out. This is far above both the New South Wales figure of 13% and the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 15.8% of people provide unpaid care—which is well above the national figure—far fewer people here look after children unpaid compared to most other areas.
15.8% ▼ -0.1%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.8%
- 2016: 14.9%
- 2021: 15.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
15.1% ▼ -54.3%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.1%
- 2016: 27.5%
- 2021: 15.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.2% ▼ -37.1%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.9%
- 2016: 24.4%
- 2021: 18.2%
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 2.1% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the figures for New South Wales and Australia.
2.1%
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 Yerong Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14526/yerong-creek/topic/community