19.4% —
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 11.4%
- 2021: 19.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Yangery · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Yangery
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly one in five people in Yangery give their time to volunteering, which is a much higher rate than seen across Victoria and Australia. This strong community spirit defines local life, where residents are far more likely to help out in unpaid roles than the national average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 19.4% of residents volunteer, a figure that sits well above the 13.3% seen in Victoria and the 14.1% national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 24.5% of people do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework—well above the national figure of 20.7%—the 10.2% who provide unpaid care is a little below the Australian average of 11.9%. Those caring for children unpaid also sit a little below the national rate at 24.5%.
10.2% —
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 5.7%
- 2021: 10.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.5% —
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 21.6%
- 2021: 24.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.5% —
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 31.8%
- 2021: 24.5%
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% recorded across Australia.
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 Yangery [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22904/yangery/topic/community