14.3% —
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 16.7%
- 2021: 14.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Yaamba · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Yaamba
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher levels of unpaid care than most similar areas define Yaamba, where 18.4% of people provide this support. While volunteer rates are typical for the country, the local community is marked by a significant gap in childcare roles compared to the rest of the state.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.3% of people in Yaamba volunteer, which is about the same as the figures for Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Providing unpaid care is common here at 18.4%, well above the national figure of 11.9%. This includes 24.5% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, though the 6.1% who care for children unpaid is far below the Australian average.
18.4% —
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 18.8%
- 2021: 18.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
6.1% —
Lower than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 22.9%
- 2021: 6.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.5% —
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 25.0%
- 2021: 24.5%
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 Yaamba has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is well below the Queensland average 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 Yaamba [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33192/yaamba/topic/community