15.6% ▼ -28.0%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.6%
- 2016: 19.4%
- 2021: 15.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Yorklea · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Yorklea
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Over a third of people in Yorklea do a significant amount of unpaid housework, which is far higher than the national figure. This community is marked by high levels of home-based care and a strong history of military service.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15.6% of residents volunteer their time, which is a little above the New South Wales and Australian figures, though this is lower than in most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While far fewer people provide unpaid childcare compared to the state and nation, Yorklea has a much higher rate of people providing general unpaid care. This is consistent with 32.6% of residents doing 15 or more hours of unpaid housework weekly, a figure far above the national average.
17.8% ▲ +44.1%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.3%
- 2016: 14.5%
- 2021: 17.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.3% ▼ -46.2%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 37.7%
- 2016: 27.0%
- 2021: 20.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
32.6% ▲ +1.4%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.2%
- 2016: 27.9%
- 2021: 32.6%
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.
Defence service is more common here than in most similar areas, with 3.2% of people having served in the Defence Force.
3.2%
Higher 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 Yorklea [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14535/yorklea/topic/community