14.6% ▼ -41.1%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.8%
- 2016: 27.1%
- 2021: 14.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Yahl · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Yahl
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher rates of home-based care define Yahl compared to most similar areas. While typical for the nation in terms of volunteering, a large number of residents spend significant time on unpaid household work and childcare.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.6% of people volunteer here, which is lower than most similar areas and a little below the South Australian figure of 17.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common in Yahl, where 30.6% of people care for children and 29.0% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly—both figures are well above the national average. However, the 11.4% of people providing other unpaid care is lower than most areas.
11.4% ▲ +20.6%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.4%
- 2016: 12.6%
- 2021: 11.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.6% ▼ -15.5%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.2%
- 2016: 40.9%
- 2021: 30.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
29.0% ▲ +7.9%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.9%
- 2016: 28.3%
- 2021: 29.0%
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.
About 2.5% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is around the middle for its level and about the same as the national figure of 2.8%.
2.5%
Lower than 53% 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 Yahl [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41667/yahl/topic/community