29.2% —
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 37.2%
- 2021: 29.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Yarrawalla · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Yarrawalla
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 30% of people in Yarrawalla volunteer their time, which is far above the figures for Victoria and Australia. This strong community spirit is a standout feature of the area, where residents are much more likely to give their time to others than people in most similar areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 29.2% of residents helping out, a figure far above the 13.3% seen across Victoria.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While about 24.6% of people provide unpaid childcare, 20% of the community provide general unpaid care, which is well above the national figure. However, only 9.2% of residents do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, which is far below the Victorian average.
20.0% —
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 15.4%
- 2021: 20.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.6% —
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 17.9%
- 2021: 24.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
9.2% —
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 15.4%
- 2021: 9.2%
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 Yarrawalla has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the state and national rates.
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 Yarrawalla [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22918/yarrawalla/topic/community