19.7% ▼ -33.2%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.4%
- 2016: 32.1%
- 2021: 19.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Yannathan · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Yannathan
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly one in five people in Yannathan volunteer their time, making it a place where community involvement is far more common than in most of Australia. This strong spirit of giving stands out against a general trend of lower rates of unpaid care and housework compared to other similar areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is a key part of local life, with 19.7% of people helping out. This is well above the Victorian figure of 13.3% and the national rate of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is less common here, with only 9.6% of people providing such support, which is much lower than most areas. Similarly, the 23.1% of people caring for children unpaid is well below the 26.3% seen across Victoria and Australia.
9.6% ▼ -34.7%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.7%
- 2016: 12.2%
- 2021: 9.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.1% ▼ -23.3%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.2%
- 2016: 33.7%
- 2021: 23.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.4% ▼ -12.8%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.6%
- 2016: 21.4%
- 2021: 21.4%
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.
A small number of residents have served in the Defence Force, at 1.3%. This is lower than most areas and a little below the national figure of 2.8%.
1.3%
Lower than 65% 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 Yannathan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22906/yannathan/topic/community