25.3% ▼ -28.6%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.4%
- 2016: 37.4%
- 2021: 25.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Yarck · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Yarck
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A far higher share of people volunteer in Yarck than in the rest of the state. Over a quarter of the population gives their time to others, marking a significant gap compared to the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 25.3% of people here volunteer, which is far above the Victorian figure of 13.3% and much higher than most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While only 19.4% of people provide unpaid childcare—well below the national figure of 26.3%—about 25.9% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, which is well above the state average.
11.8% ▲ +9.7%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.7%
- 2016: 13.6%
- 2021: 11.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
19.4% ▼ -19.5%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.1%
- 2016: 21.1%
- 2021: 19.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.9% ▼ -17.3%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.3%
- 2016: 28.6%
- 2021: 25.9%
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 around the middle for its level, with 2.4% of people having served, a figure about the same as both Victoria and Australia.
2.4%
Lower than 55% 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 Yarck [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22908/yarck/topic/community