12.6% ▲ +6.5%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.8%
- 2016: 14.3%
- 2021: 12.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Yangebup · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Yangebup
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher rates of childcare define daily life in Yangebup, where 31.9% of people provide unpaid care for children. This is well above the national figure of 26.3%, marking a standout feature of the local community's social structure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is less common here than in most other areas. Only 12.6% of residents volunteer, which is well below the Western Australian figure of 15.9%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 31.9% of people care for children unpaid, other forms of home work are less frequent. Those doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly are much fewer than in most areas, and the 11% who provide general unpaid care is about the same as the state average.
11.0% ▲ +16.6%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.4%
- 2016: 9.7%
- 2021: 11.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
31.9% ▲ +3.8%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.8%
- 2016: 30.9%
- 2021: 31.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.9% ▼ -4.0%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.7%
- 2016: 19.7%
- 2021: 19.9%
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.
Defence service is typical for the region. Around 2.7% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the figures for both Western Australia and Australia.
2.7%
Higher than 51% 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 Yangebup [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51670/yangebup/topic/community