20.5% ▲ +10.5%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.6%
- 2016: 27.2%
- 2021: 20.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Yarloop · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Yarloop
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A strong spirit of giving defines Yarloop, where more people volunteer and provide unpaid care than in most other areas. This community is notably active, with 20.5% of residents volunteering their time, a figure well above the national average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About one in five people here volunteer, which is well above the 14.1% national figure and higher than most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common in Yarloop; 15.2% of people provide this support, which is much higher than most areas. This is seen in housework too, with 25.6% doing 15 or more hours a week, well above the national figure.
15.2% ▲ +104.5%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.4%
- 2016: 11.1%
- 2021: 15.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.5% ▲ +3.1%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.7%
- 2016: 26.9%
- 2021: 26.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.6% ▼ -1.5%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.0%
- 2016: 34.5%
- 2021: 25.6%
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.
Defence service is much more common here than in most areas, with 5.6% of residents having served, which is a little above the state and national figures.
5.6%
Higher than 86% 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 Yarloop [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51675/yarloop/topic/community