37.9% —
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 46.4%
- 2021: 37.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Yeungroon · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Yeungroon
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A huge 37.9% of people in Yeungroon volunteer, a figure far above the 14.1% national average. This is a community where unpaid work and helping others is very common. Most residents spend a significant amount of time caring for family or volunteering their time.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 37.9% of people helping out. This is among the highest rates for similar areas and far above the 13.3% seen across Victoria.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is a major part of life for many, as 51.7% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, far above the national figure of 20.7%. This high level of home work is seen alongside 34.5% of people providing unpaid care and 31.0% caring for children unpaid, both of which are well above state and national levels.
34.5% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 34.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
31.0% —
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 25.0%
- 2021: 31.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
51.7% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 46.4%
- 2021: 51.7%
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 Yeungroon has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the 2.8% recorded for Australia.
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 Yeungroon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22931/yeungroon/topic/community