27.4% —
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 32.9%
- 2021: 27.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Upper Yarraman · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Upper Yarraman
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 27% of people volunteer in Upper Yarraman, a rate far above the national figure. This high level of community spirit stands out in a place where local contributions are common, even though few residents have served in the military.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 27.4% of residents giving their time. This is far above the 14.1% seen across both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 35.6% of people do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework—far above the national figure of 20.7%—the proportion of people caring for children is well below the state and national rates at 20.5%. Unpaid care for others is about the same as the rest of the country at 11.0%.
11.0% —
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 11.8%
- 2021: 11.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.5% —
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 36.8%
- 2021: 20.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
35.6% —
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 22.4%
- 2021: 35.6%
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 Upper Yarraman has served in the Defence Force, which is well below the Queensland rate of 3.9%.
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 Upper Yarraman [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32921/upper-yarraman/topic/community