34.2% ▼ -2.4%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.0%
- 2016: 39.5%
- 2021: 34.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Yowah · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Yowah
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Over a third of people in Yowah volunteer, which is far above the national figure. This level of community involvement is a standout feature for the area, where residents are much more likely to give their time to others than those in most other parts of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 34.2% of residents volunteer, a figure that is far above both Queensland and Australia, where the rate is only 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While only 11.1% of people provide unpaid childcare—far below the national figure of 26.3%—nearly 30% do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, which is well above the national rate.
12.8% ▲ +47.1%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.7%
- 2016: 13.2%
- 2021: 12.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
11.1% ▼ -32.3%
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.4%
- 2016: 7.0%
- 2021: 11.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
29.9% ▲ +33.9%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.3%
- 2016: 22.5%
- 2021: 29.9%
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 more common here than in most areas, with 5.9% of the population having served, which is well above the Australian figure of 2.8%.
5.9%
Higher than 86% 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 Yowah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33224/yowah/topic/community