35.5% ▼ -6.5%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 37.9%
- 2016: 27.6%
- 2021: 35.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Yongala · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Yongala
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than a third of people in Yongala volunteer, placing it among the highest areas for community spirit. This active culture is matched by a very high rate of people who have served in the Defence Force.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 35.5% of residents giving their time. This is far above the South Australian figure of 17.0% and the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While unpaid care for children is far below the national figure at 9.7%, a high 35.5% of people do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework. Overall, the 9.7% of people providing unpaid care is much lower than most areas.
9.7% ▼ -50.6%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.6%
- 2016: 26.3%
- 2021: 9.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
9.7% ▼ -65.4%
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.9%
- 2016: 19.7%
- 2021: 9.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
35.5% ▼ -4.4%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 37.1%
- 2016: 26.3%
- 2021: 35.5%
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.
Military service is well represented in Yongala, where 9.8% of people have served in the Defence Force. This is well above the 3.2% seen across South Australia.
9.8%
Higher than 95% 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 Yongala [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41687/yongala/topic/community