22.9% ▼ -23.1%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.8%
- 2016: 24.9%
- 2021: 22.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Yetholme · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Yetholme
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people get involved in their community in Yetholme than in most similar areas. The most striking figure is that nearly 23% of residents volunteer, which is well above the national rate of 14.1%. This spirit of contribution extends into the home, with higher rates of unpaid care and housework compared to the state and national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 22.9% of people helping out. This is well above the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Home duties are more frequent in Yetholme, as 25.9% of people do at least 15 hours of unpaid housework, which is well above the national figure of 20.7%. This is consistent with higher rates of people caring for children unpaid (27.4%) and those providing general unpaid care (12.9%).
12.9% ▼ -18.5%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.9%
- 2016: 16.2%
- 2021: 12.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.4% ▼ -13.3%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.6%
- 2016: 34.6%
- 2021: 27.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.9% ▲ +4.0%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.9%
- 2016: 34.1%
- 2021: 25.9%
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.
The proportion of people who served in the Defence Force is 2.6%, which is about the same as both the New South Wales and Australian figures.
2.6%
Lower than 51% 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 Yetholme [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14531/yetholme/topic/community