18.1% ▼ -16.6%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.7%
- 2016: 22.5%
- 2021: 18.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Yarragon · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Yarragon
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Well above the state and national figures, 18.1% of people in Yarragon volunteer their time. This high level of community spirit is seen across several areas, including a strong tendency for residents to provide unpaid care and housework.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 18.1% of residents giving their time, which is well above the Victorian figure of 13.3%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is frequent in Yarragon, where 25.5% of people do at least 15 hours of housework—well above the national figure. This trend extends to caregiving, with 14.5% providing unpaid care and 28.3% caring for children, both of which are higher than most areas.
14.5% ▲ +18.0%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.3%
- 2016: 11.8%
- 2021: 14.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.3% ▲ +2.7%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.6%
- 2016: 31.7%
- 2021: 28.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.5% ▼ -9.2%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.1%
- 2016: 26.9%
- 2021: 25.5%
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.
Defence service is less common than in most areas, with 2.0% of people having served. This is about the same as the Victorian average.
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 Yarragon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22913/yarragon/topic/community