27.3% —
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 23.8%
- 2021: 27.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Yarpturk · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Yarpturk
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement has remained a standout feature in Yarpturk, where volunteering is far more common than in most other areas. Over a quarter of the population gives their time to help others, a figure that sits well above both state and national levels.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteers make up 27.3% of the population in Yarpturk, which is far above the 13.3% seen in Victoria and the 14.1% national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much lower here than in most areas. Only 9.1% of people provide unpaid care, and the proportion of people doing 15 or more hours of housework (12.7%) is among the lowest in the country.
9.1% —
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 15.9%
- 2021: 9.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.0% —
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 25.4%
- 2021: 20.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
12.7% —
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 20.6%
- 2021: 12.7%
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 Yarpturk has served in the Defence Force, a result that is a little below the Victoria and Australia figures.
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 Yarpturk [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22909/yarpturk/topic/community