11.5% ▼ -33.2%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.2%
- 2016: 18.1%
- 2021: 11.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Yerrinbool · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Yerrinbool
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 30% of people in Yerrinbool provide unpaid childcare, making this a standout feature of the local community. While residents are very active in caring for family at home, they are less likely to volunteer in the wider community compared to other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 11.5% of residents volunteer their time, which is much lower than most similar areas and a little below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Local residents are much more likely to handle unpaid work at home than people elsewhere. This includes 26.5% doing over 15 hours of housework weekly, a figure well above the national average of 20.7%.
14.1% ▲ +19.0%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.8%
- 2016: 13.3%
- 2021: 14.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.8% ▼ -14.7%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.0%
- 2016: 31.6%
- 2021: 29.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.5% ▼ -12.0%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.2%
- 2016: 25.0%
- 2021: 26.5%
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.
A higher than usual proportion of the population has served in the Defence Force, with 3.4% of people in Yerrinbool having served, which is a little above the New South Wales figure of 2.3%.
3.4%
Higher than 63% 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 Yerrinbool [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14528/yerrinbool/topic/community