28.9% —
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 13.0%
- 2021: 28.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Yandoit Hills · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Yandoit Hills
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people contribute their time to others in Yandoit Hills than in most similar areas. Nearly 29% of residents volunteer, which is far above the national figure of 14.1%. This spirit of helping others is reflected in high rates of unpaid care and housework.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 28.9% of people giving their time. This is far above the 13.3% seen across Victoria.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Half of the residents do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework a week, a figure far above the national average of 20.7%. While 21.1% provide some form of unpaid care, the proportion of people caring for children is 18.4%, which is well below the national figure.
21.1% —
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 21.7%
- 2021: 21.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
18.4% —
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 26.1%
- 2021: 18.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
50.0% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 43.5%
- 2021: 50.0%
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 the area has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the 2.8% national average.
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 Yandoit Hills [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22903/yandoit-hills/topic/community