42.9% —
Higher than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 30.8%
- 2021: 42.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Yabba South · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Yabba South
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A very strong spirit of helping others defines Yabba South, where community involvement is far higher than in most of the country. Nearly 43% of residents volunteer, a figure that dwarfs the national average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 42.9% of people in Yabba South volunteer, which is among the highest rates for similar areas and far above the 14.1% national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very common here, with 61.9% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly. This is far above the 20.7% Australian average, alongside higher rates of people providing unpaid care and looking after children.
19.0% —
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 11.5%
- 2021: 19.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
33.3% —
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 42.3%
- 2021: 33.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
61.9% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 11.5%
- 2021: 61.9%
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.
No one in Yabba South has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the figures for Victoria and Australia.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Yabba South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22888/yabba-south/topic/community