21.8% ▼ -22.0%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.9%
- 2016: 36.3%
- 2021: 21.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Yendon · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Yendon
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 22% of people in Yendon volunteer their time, a figure well above the national average. This community shows a strong tendency toward unpaid work, from supporting local groups to caring for others at home.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 21.8% of residents helping out. This is well above the 14.1% national figure and the 13.3% seen across Victoria.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very common, with 19% providing care and 28.2% doing over 15 hours of housework weekly, both of which are well above state and national figures. A little more than a quarter of people (27.8%) also provide unpaid childcare.
19.0% ▲ +45.1%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.1%
- 2016: 19.7%
- 2021: 19.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.8% ▼ -18.4%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.1%
- 2016: 34.2%
- 2021: 27.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.2% ▼ -7.4%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.5%
- 2016: 25.6%
- 2021: 28.2%
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.
Defence service is much more common in Yendon than in most areas. About 5.7% of residents have served, which is well above the 2% recorded for Victoria.
5.7%
Higher than 86% 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 Yendon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22927/yendon/topic/community