23.2% ▼ -8.8%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.4%
- 2016: 27.7%
- 2021: 23.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Yinnar · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Yinnar
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly one quarter of people in Yinnar volunteer, making it a community far more active in unpaid work than most other areas. This spirit of contribution is seen across the board, with high rates of people helping out in the community and caring for family members.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 23.2% of residents giving their time. This is well above the 13.3% seen in Victoria and the 14.1% national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Caregiving is a major part of local life, as 29.4% of people provide unpaid childcare, well above the national figure of 26.3%. This aligns with higher rates of unpaid home duties and general caregiving compared to the rest of the state.
13.7% ▼ -4.7%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.4%
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 13.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.4% ▼ -13.6%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.1%
- 2016: 31.3%
- 2021: 29.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.7% ▼ -12.7%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.5%
- 2016: 24.1%
- 2021: 25.7%
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.
A small number of residents have served in the Defence Force, at 2.0%. This is lower than most areas and 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 Yinnar [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22934/yinnar/topic/community