13.1% ▼ -33.0%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.5%
- 2016: 19.8%
- 2021: 13.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Yarrambat · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Yarrambat
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher rates of unpaid care define the community in Yarrambat, where 16.5% of residents provide unpaid care. While these caregiving numbers are well above the national figure, other forms of community involvement like volunteering are less common.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 13.1% of people in Yarrambat volunteer, a figure that is much lower than most similar areas and a little below the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, with 26.0% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework, which is well above the Victoria figure of 20.1%. This is consistent with the high 16.5% of residents providing unpaid care, a rate well above the national figure.
16.5% ▲ +16.8%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.1%
- 2016: 14.2%
- 2021: 16.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.9% ▼ -12.7%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.5%
- 2016: 28.5%
- 2021: 24.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.0% ▲ +0.2%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.0%
- 2016: 25.5%
- 2021: 26.0%
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 2.4% of the population have served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the figures for both Victoria and Australia.
2.4%
Lower than 54% 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 Yarrambat [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22916/yarrambat/topic/community