15.8% ▼ -41.3%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.9%
- 2016: 26.2%
- 2021: 15.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Yangan · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Yangan
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people are stepping up to care for others in Yangan than in most similar areas. A striking 30.7% of residents provide unpaid childcare, which is well above the national figure of 26.3%. This suggests a community with a high demand for family and home support.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15.8% of the community volunteer, which is a little above the 14.1% recorded for both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Caring roles are common here, with 13.3% of people providing unpaid care and 25.6% doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, both of which are well above the national figures.
13.3% ▼ -2.5%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.6%
- 2016: 10.7%
- 2021: 13.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.7% ▲ +2.7%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.9%
- 2016: 26.5%
- 2021: 30.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.6% ▼ -22.3%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.0%
- 2016: 32.5%
- 2021: 25.6%
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.
A much higher share of residents than in most similar areas have served in the Defence Force, with 4.4% of the population being veterans, slightly above the Australian average of 2.8%.
4.4%
Higher than 75% 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 Yangan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33204/yangan/topic/community