13.9% ▼ -14.0%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.1%
- 2016: 20.2%
- 2021: 13.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Yarraville · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Yarraville
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 28.4% of people in Yarraville provide unpaid childcare, which is a higher rate than most similar areas. This highlights a strong focus on family care within the community, even though other forms of volunteering and service are less common.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 13.9% of residents volunteer, a figure that is lower than most areas but remains about the same as the Victorian and national rates.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 12.7% of people provide some form of unpaid care, the area is marked by a high proportion of those caring for children. In contrast, only 19.6% do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, which is much lower than most areas.
12.7% ▲ +16.7%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.8%
- 2016: 10.8%
- 2021: 12.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.4% ▼ -1.8%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.9%
- 2016: 29.3%
- 2021: 28.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.6% ▲ +3.0%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.0%
- 2016: 17.3%
- 2021: 19.6%
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 here than in most similar areas, with 1.6% of residents having served, a figure slightly below the Australian average of 2.8%.
1.6%
Lower than 63% 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 Yarraville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22917/yarraville/topic/community