17.5% ▼ -32.3%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.8%
- 2016: 25.2%
- 2021: 17.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Yelta · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Yelta
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher rates of unpaid work and volunteering set Yelta apart from the rest of the state. About 17.5% of residents volunteer their time, which is well above the Victorian figure of 13.3%.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 17.5% of people helping out. This is well above both the Victorian average of 13.3% and the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is a significant part of life in Yelta, where 30.2% of people care for children unpaid. This is well above the national average of 26.3%, and the area also sees more people doing 15 or more hours of housework and providing general unpaid care.
14.7% ▼ -22.3%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.9%
- 2016: 9.8%
- 2021: 14.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.2% ▼ -15.7%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.8%
- 2016: 32.1%
- 2021: 30.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.2% ▼ -24.9%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.9%
- 2016: 33.7%
- 2021: 26.2%
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.
Only 2.0% of the population has served in the Defence Force. This is lower than most other areas, though it is about the same as the Victorian average.
2.0%
Lower than 59% 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 Yelta [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22926/yelta/topic/community