14.1% ▼ -23.8%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.5%
- 2016: 18.7%
- 2021: 14.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
South Yarra · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in South Yarra
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Very few residents in South Yarra take on unpaid care roles compared to the rest of the country. While volunteering rates are about the same as the national figure, the area stands out for having much lower rates of housework and childcare duties.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.1% of people here volunteer, a figure that is about the same as both the Victorian and national averages.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is uncommon here, with only 8.9% of people providing such support, which is well below the national figure. This is reflected in the very low number of people caring for children (11.8%) or doing 15 or more hours of housework (11.7%) each week.
8.9% ▲ +11.4%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.0%
- 2016: 7.0%
- 2021: 8.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
11.8% ▼ -14.4%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.8%
- 2016: 12.8%
- 2021: 11.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
11.7% ▲ +10.9%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.6%
- 2016: 9.4%
- 2021: 11.7%
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.
Just 1.2% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is lower than in most areas and a little below the Australian average.
1.2%
Lower than 66% 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 South Yarra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22314/south-yarra/topic/community