21.7% ▼ -27.1%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.8%
- 2016: 24.9%
- 2021: 21.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Yugar · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Yugar
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Well above the national average of 14.1%, more than one in five people in Yugar volunteer their time. This high level of community spirit is reflected in the local support networks, where unpaid care for children is much more common than in most other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 21.7% of residents giving their time, which is well above the Queensland and Australian figures of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is much higher than most areas at 31.5%, well above the national figure of 26.3%. This is alongside a higher-than-average 25.7% of people doing at least 15 hours of housework weekly, though the 11.6% who provide other unpaid care is about the same as the national rate.
11.6% ▼ -6.1%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.4%
- 2016: 8.2%
- 2021: 11.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
31.5% ▼ -5.5%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.3%
- 2016: 33.4%
- 2021: 31.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.7% ▼ -7.3%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.7%
- 2016: 27.6%
- 2021: 25.7%
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 2.8% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the Australian average.
2.8%
Higher than 52% 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 Yugar [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33225/yugar/topic/community