29.9% ▼ -18.8%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.8%
- 2016: 37.9%
- 2021: 29.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Yackandandah · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Yackandandah
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 30% of people in Yackandandah volunteer their time, a figure far above the national average. This strong community spirit is reflected in high rates of local volunteering and unpaid care across the area.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
The volunteer rate is 29.9%, which is much higher than most areas and far above the 14.1% figure for Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
People providing unpaid care (14.7%) and those doing 15 or more hours of housework (27.7%) are both higher than most areas. This compares to a national figure of 20.7% for housework and 11.9% for general unpaid care.
14.7% ▲ +8.7%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.5%
- 2016: 12.7%
- 2021: 14.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.4% ▼ -17.1%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.8%
- 2016: 27.8%
- 2021: 26.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.7% ▼ -2.1%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.3%
- 2016: 25.2%
- 2021: 27.7%
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.
Defence service is more common here than in most areas, with 3.7% of people having served, which is a little above the Victorian figure of 2.0%.
3.7%
Higher than 67% 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 Yackandandah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22889/yackandandah/topic/community