28.1% ▼ -22.3%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.2%
- 2016: 26.9%
- 2021: 28.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Yandoit · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Yandoit
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than double the national rate of people volunteer in Yandoit, creating a community where local help is common. About 28.1% of residents give their time to others, which is far above the figures for Victoria and Australia.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 28.1% of people helping out. This is 15 percentage points higher than the Victorian average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is a major part of life for many, as 22.2% of people provide care—a figure far above the national average. While fewer people here care for children unpaid compared to most areas, 29.3% spend 15 or more hours a week on housework.
22.2% ▲ +79.2%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.4%
- 2016: 19.2%
- 2021: 22.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.8% ▲ +24.7%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.2%
- 2016: 29.2%
- 2021: 22.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
29.3% ▼ -6.2%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.3%
- 2016: 29.2%
- 2021: 29.3%
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 about the same as the rest of the country, with 2.5% of the population having served in the Defence Force.
2.5%
Lower than 53% 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 Yandoit [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22902/yandoit/topic/community