20.0% —
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Yarrah · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Yarrah
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A much higher rate of volunteering defines Yarrah, where 20% of residents give their time compared to 14.1% across Australia. This spirit of contribution is reflected in the way people support their local area and households.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
One in five people in Yarrah volunteer, a figure that is well above both the South Australian rate of 17% and the national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid housework is very common here, with 26.7% of people doing 15 or more hours a week, which is well above the national figure of 20.7%. Meanwhile, those caring for children or providing other unpaid care sit around the state and national averages.
13.3% —
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.7% —
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.7% —
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
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.
No one in Yarrah has served in the Defence Force, which is well below the South Australian rate of 3.2%.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Yarrah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41679/yarrah/topic/community