7.0% ▼ -15.6%
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.3%
- 2016: 10.3%
- 2021: 7.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Yabulu · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Yabulu
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Only 7% of people volunteer their time in Yabulu, which is well below the national figure. This low level of community involvement is mirrored in unpaid care roles, though the area has a notably high number of former Defence Force members.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very low here, with only 7% of residents helping out. This is well below the 14.1% figure seen across both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is less common here than in most areas. This includes only 23.1% of people caring for children and 11.1% providing general unpaid care, both of which are lower than the national typical.
11.1% ▲ +20.2%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.2%
- 2016: 9.5%
- 2021: 11.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.1% ▼ -21.2%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.3%
- 2016: 19.0%
- 2021: 23.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.8% ▼ -16.7%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.8%
- 2016: 21.4%
- 2021: 19.8%
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.
Military service is much more common in Yabulu than in most similar areas. About 5.5% of people have served in the Defence Force, which is a little above the figures for Queensland and Australia.
5.5%
Higher than 85% 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 Yabulu [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33193/yabulu/topic/community