11.1% ▼ -39.0%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.2%
- 2016: 17.0%
- 2021: 11.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Yamanto · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Yamanto
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
High rates of unpaid childcare and military service stand out in Yamanto. While about 33.4% of people look after children without pay, volunteering is quite low at 11.1%, which is well below the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 11.1% of residents volunteer their time, a rate that is much lower than most similar areas and well below the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is very common here, with 33.4% of people providing this care, which is well above the national figure of 26.3%. Meanwhile, 13.5% of residents provide other types of unpaid care, a little above the Queensland average.
13.5% ▲ +11.2%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.1%
- 2016: 13.4%
- 2021: 13.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
33.4% ▼ -0.7%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.7%
- 2016: 37.5%
- 2021: 33.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.6% ▼ -9.3%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.8%
- 2016: 24.0%
- 2021: 21.6%
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.
Defence service is very prominent in Yamanto, where 10.9% of people have served. This is among the highest rates for similar areas and well above the 2.8% seen across Australia.
10.9%
Higher than 98% 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 Yamanto [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33198/yamanto/topic/community