24.5% ▼ -29.6%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.7%
- 2016: 40.3%
- 2021: 24.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Yarragon South · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Yarragon South
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly a quarter of people in Yarragon South volunteer, a figure far above the national average. This high level of community spirit is a standout feature for the area. Residents here are more likely to give their time to others than people in most other parts of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 24.5% of residents volunteer, which is far above the 14.1% national figure and much higher than most other areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, with 32.1% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, far above the national figure of 20.7%. While 15.8% provide unpaid care—well above the national average—the proportion of people caring for children unpaid is well below both the state and national figures at 18.5%.
15.8% ▲ +31.5%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.0%
- 2016: 13.0%
- 2021: 15.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
18.5% ▼ -21.4%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.5%
- 2016: 25.3%
- 2021: 18.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
32.1% ▲ +8.7%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.5%
- 2016: 31.2%
- 2021: 32.1%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 3.3% of the population, which is higher than most areas and a little above the Victorian figure of 2.0%.
3.3%
Higher than 60% 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 South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22914/yarragon-south/topic/community