26.1% ▼ -6.6%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.0%
- 2016: 29.3%
- 2021: 26.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Yungaburra · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Yungaburra
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Over a quarter of the population in Yungaburra volunteer, a figure far above the national average. This high level of community spirit is seen alongside a strong history of military service and a high rate of unpaid home contributions.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 26.1% of people helping out. This is far above the 14.1% recorded across both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While the 22.0% of people caring for children unpaid is well below the national figure, 30.8% spend 15 or more hours on unpaid housework, which is far above the Australian average of 20.7%. Unpaid care for others sits at 13.2%, a little above the state and national levels.
13.2% ▲ +1.8%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.0%
- 2016: 14.8%
- 2021: 13.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.0% ▼ -24.5%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.1%
- 2016: 28.2%
- 2021: 22.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
30.8% ▼ -8.0%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.5%
- 2016: 31.9%
- 2021: 30.8%
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 much higher proportion of people in Yungaburra have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, at 5.7%. This is a little above the 3.9% seen in Queensland and 2.8% across Australia.
5.7%
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 Yungaburra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33230/yungaburra/topic/community