16.9% ▼ -53.5%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.4%
- 2016: 35.5%
- 2021: 16.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Yalca · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Yalca
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 17% of people in Yalca volunteer their time, a figure well above the Victorian average. This level of community involvement is a standout feature for the area, though other forms of unpaid care and service follow broader state and national patterns.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 16.9% of residents giving their time, which is a little above the 14.1% national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 26% of people provide unpaid childcare, matching the national rate, only 9% provide other unpaid care. This is well below the 12.9% seen across Victoria.
9.0% ▼ -30.2%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.9%
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 9.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.0% ▼ -14.5%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.4%
- 2016: 30.7%
- 2021: 26.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.6% ▼ -7.6%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.4%
- 2016: 27.1%
- 2021: 22.6%
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.
About 2.2% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the 2% recorded for Victoria.
2.2%
Lower than 57% 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 Yalca [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22890/yalca/topic/community