66.7% ▲ +12.3%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 59.4%
- 2016: 69.4%
- 2021: 66.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Yeelanna · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Yeelanna
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Giving back is a way of life in Yeelanna, where a huge 66.7% of people volunteer. This level of community involvement is far above the figures for South Australia and the rest of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 66.7% of residents helping out. This is far above the 17% seen in South Australia and 14.1% across Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is frequent, as 54.4% of people care for children, which is far above the national figure of 26.3%. This high level of care is consistent with more people doing unpaid housework (29.8%) and general unpaid care (19.3%) than in most other areas.
19.3% ▲ +281.1%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.1%
- 2016: 4.8%
- 2021: 19.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
54.4% ▲ +10.1%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 49.4%
- 2016: 35.5%
- 2021: 54.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
29.8% ▼ -12.2%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.0%
- 2016: 32.3%
- 2021: 29.8%
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.
People who have served in the Defence Force make up 4.7% of the population. This is much higher than most areas and a little above the 2.8% national average.
4.7%
Higher than 78% 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 Yeelanna [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41683/yeelanna/topic/community