7.1% ▼ -37.0%
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.2%
- 2016: 10.3%
- 2021: 7.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Yarrabah · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Yarrabah
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A gap of 23 percentage points separates Yarrabah from the rest of the country in the amount of unpaid childcare. While only 7.1% of people volunteer, which is well below the national figure, there is a very high level of unpaid care provided within the community.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 7.1% of people in Yarrabah volunteer, a figure that is well below both the Queensland and Australian averages of 14.1%. This is among the lowest rates for areas of this type.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is very common here, with 49.8% of people caring for children—far above the national figure of 26.3%. This high level of care is consistent with the 19.6% of people who provide general unpaid care, which is well above the state average.
19.6% ▲ +32.3%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.8%
- 2016: 9.0%
- 2021: 19.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
49.8% ▼ -3.4%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 51.5%
- 2016: 38.2%
- 2021: 49.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
11.2% ▼ -44.4%
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.1%
- 2016: 19.9%
- 2021: 11.2%
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.
About 3.4% of the population has served in the Defence Force. This is higher than most other areas, though it remains about the same as the Queensland and Australian figures.
3.4%
Higher than 62% 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 Yarrabah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33207/yarrabah/topic/community