28.3% ▼ -22.5%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.6%
- 2016: 39.7%
- 2021: 28.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Yacka · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Yacka
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher rates of volunteering than most similar areas define Yacka. Nearly 28% of people here give their time to help others, which is far above the national figure of 14.1%. This strong community spirit is paired with a high proportion of residents performing significant unpaid work at home.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 28.3% of residents pitching in. This is far above the 17% seen across South Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While only 11.8% of people provide unpaid childcare—far below the national 26.3%—unpaid housework is very common. Nearly 40% of residents do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, which is far above the Australian figure of 20.7%.
14.2% ▼ -1.8%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.4%
- 2016: 16.5%
- 2021: 14.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
11.8% ▼ -47.1%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.3%
- 2016: 17.4%
- 2021: 11.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
39.4% ▲ +24.1%
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.7%
- 2016: 26.4%
- 2021: 39.4%
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 people in Yacka have served in the Defence Force, a figure that is about the same as the state and national averages.
3.1%
Higher than 57% 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 Yacka [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41665/yacka/topic/community