24.8% ▼ -10.2%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.6%
- 2016: 25.6%
- 2021: 24.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Yapeen · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Yapeen
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Volunteer rates have stayed remarkably strong in Yapeen, with nearly a quarter of the population giving their time. This community shows a high level of unpaid contribution, both through formal volunteering and support within the home.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Almost 25% of people in Yapeen volunteer, a figure that is far above the 13.3% seen across Victoria and the 14.1% national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, with 35% of residents doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, which is far above the national figure of 20.7%. This trend extends to childcare, where 31.3% of people provide unpaid care for children, well above the 26.3% state and national averages.
14.5% ▲ +21.0%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.0%
- 2016: 19.4%
- 2021: 14.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
31.3% ▲ +7.5%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.1%
- 2016: 28.9%
- 2021: 31.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
35.0% ▲ +16.2%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.2%
- 2016: 33.3%
- 2021: 35.0%
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.
About 2.0% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is lower than most similar areas and about the same as the 2.0% figure for Victoria.
2.0%
Lower than 59% 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 Yapeen [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22907/yapeen/topic/community