5.0% ▼ -59.4%
Lower than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.3%
- 2016: 7.5%
- 2021: 5.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Yerra · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Yerra
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Just 5% of people volunteer in Yerra, a figure that is well below the national average of 14.1%. This low level of community activity is mirrored in unpaid care, though the area has a notably high proportion of Defence Force veterans.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteer rates are among the lowest for similar areas, sitting at 5% compared to the 14.1% seen across Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is much lower than most areas at 17%, and only 9% of people provide general unpaid care. About 21% of residents do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, which is about the same as the national figure.
9.0% ▼ -54.7%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.9%
- 2016: 21.5%
- 2021: 9.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
17.0% ▼ -39.2%
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.0%
- 2016: 20.4%
- 2021: 17.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.0% ▼ -34.7%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.2%
- 2016: 35.5%
- 2021: 21.0%
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 high 7.1% of the population have served in the Defence Force, which is well above the 3.9% seen in Queensland and the 2.8% national average.
7.1%
Higher than 89% 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 Yerra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33221/yerra/topic/community