22.0% ▼ -5.6%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.3%
- 2016: 22.6%
- 2021: 22.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Yakamia · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Yakamia
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Over a fifth of people in Yakamia volunteer their time, making it a highly active community. This level of participation is well above both the state and national figures, showing a strong local commitment to unpaid work.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 22% of residents are volunteers, which is much higher than most other areas. This figure is well above the Western Australian average of 15.9% and the national rate of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Around 12.6% of people provide unpaid care, which is about the same as the national figure. While 22.6% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, the 25.2% who care for children unpaid is well below the state average.
12.6% ▲ +19.9%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.5%
- 2016: 11.7%
- 2021: 12.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.2% ▼ -6.6%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.9%
- 2016: 24.9%
- 2021: 25.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.6% ▼ -14.3%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.4%
- 2016: 22.5%
- 2021: 22.6%
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 3.2% of the population served in the Defence Force, a figure that is about the same as the state and national averages.
3.2%
Higher than 58% 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 Yakamia [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51660/yakamia/topic/community