22.5% ▼ -31.4%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.9%
- 2016: 32.5%
- 2021: 22.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Yea · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Yea
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A strong spirit of helping others defines daily life in Yea, where nearly a quarter of residents volunteer. This high level of community involvement is far more common here than in most other parts of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very popular in Yea, with 22.5% of people giving their time. This is well above the Victorian figure of 13.3% and the national average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While much fewer people provide unpaid childcare compared to the state and national figures of 26.3%, more residents handle heavy housework. About 26% do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework weekly, which is well above the national figure of 20.7%.
14.1% ▲ +24.5%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.3%
- 2016: 14.1%
- 2021: 14.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
19.9% ▼ -23.7%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.1%
- 2016: 24.1%
- 2021: 19.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.0% ▼ -8.5%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.4%
- 2016: 25.4%
- 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.
Military service is more common here than in most areas, with 3.9% of people having served in the Defence Force. This is a little above both the Victorian (2.0%) and Australian (2.8%) figures.
3.9%
Higher than 71% 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).
More for Yea
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Community Participation in Yea [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22924/yea/topic/community