20.2% ▼ -25.7%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.1%
- 2016: 21.8%
- 2021: 20.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Yanmah · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Yanmah
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Higher levels of community involvement set Yanmah apart from similar areas. About one in five residents volunteer their time, a figure that is well above the state and national levels. This spirit of participation stands in contrast to much lower rates of unpaid caregiving.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 20.2% of people helping out. This is well above the 15.9% seen across Western Australia and the 14.1% national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is far less common here than in most areas; only 7.8% provide unpaid care and 14% care for children, which is far below the state and national averages. Meanwhile, 20.2% do 15 or more hours of housework, which is about the same as the rest of the country.
7.8% ▼ -24.6%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.3%
- 2016: 6.5%
- 2021: 7.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
14.0% ▼ -51.8%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.0%
- 2016: 15.3%
- 2021: 14.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.2% ▼ -37.2%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.1%
- 2016: 19.4%
- 2021: 20.2%
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.
A slightly higher proportion of the population has served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, with 4.0% of residents having served.
4.0%
Higher than 71% 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 Yanmah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51671/yanmah/topic/community