21.1% —
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 29.2%
- 2021: 21.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Yeodene · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Yeodene
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community engagement in Yeodene remains strong, with local residents far more likely to volunteer and provide unpaid care than people in other parts of the country. Over 21% of people here volunteer, which is well above the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 21.1% of residents volunteer their time, a figure that is well above both the Victorian average of 13.3% and the national average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very common here, with 32.2% of people caring for children and 30% doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly—both figures well above the national average. Around 14.4% of people provide other unpaid care, which is a little above the state and national figures.
14.4% —
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 10.4%
- 2021: 14.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
32.2% —
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 41.7%
- 2021: 32.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
30.0% —
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 24.0%
- 2021: 30.0%
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.
Defence service is common in Yeodene, where 7.0% of people have served. This is among the highest rates for similar areas and well above the 2.8% national average.
7.0%
Higher than 89% 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 Yeodene [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22929/yeodene/topic/community