15.0% ▼ -27.6%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.7%
- 2016: 24.8%
- 2021: 15.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Yan Yean · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Yan Yean
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
About 21.1% of residents in Yan Yean provide unpaid care, a figure that is well above the national average. This high level of caregiving is a standout feature for the area, though other forms of community involvement like volunteering are more common.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Around 15% of people here volunteer their time. This is a little above the Victorian figure and about the same as the rest of Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very common here, with 29.1% of people spending 15 or more hours a week on housework, which is well above the national figure. This helps explain why the 21.1% of people providing unpaid care is among the highest for areas of this type.
21.1% ▲ +51.0%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.0%
- 2016: 13.3%
- 2021: 21.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.8% ▼ -9.4%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.5%
- 2016: 24.3%
- 2021: 25.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
29.1% ▲ +11.0%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.2%
- 2016: 27.1%
- 2021: 29.1%
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 less common here than in most similar areas, with 1.4% of people having served in the Defence Force.
1.4%
Lower than 64% 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 Yan Yean [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22898/yan-yean/topic/community