19.5% ▼ -24.2%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.7%
- 2016: 24.2%
- 2021: 19.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Yeronga · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Yeronga
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Around the middle of similar areas for most social activities, Yeronga is a place where community contribution is high. Nearly one in five residents volunteer, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteer rates in Yeronga are 19.5%, a figure that sits well above both the Queensland and Australian averages of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Fewer people here provide unpaid childcare (22.7%) or spend 15 or more hours a week on housework (18.1%) compared to most areas. However, the 12.4% of residents providing general unpaid care is about the same as the national figure.
12.4% ▲ +21.9%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.2%
- 2016: 10.7%
- 2021: 12.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.7% ▼ -8.7%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.8%
- 2016: 22.9%
- 2021: 22.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.1% ▼ -7.6%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.6%
- 2016: 15.4%
- 2021: 18.1%
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 3.1% of the population have served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the figures for Queensland and Australia.
3.1%
Higher than 58% 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 Yeronga [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33220/yeronga/topic/community