95.0% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Yarragadee · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Yarragadee
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A massive 95% of people in Yarragadee volunteer, putting the area far above the national figure. This high level of community involvement is the standout feature of the area, where residents contribute significantly more to unpaid work and care than those in most other parts of Australia.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is incredibly common here, with 95% of people pitching in. This is far above the 15.9% seen across Western Australia and the 14.1% national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Providing unpaid care is common, with 15% of people doing so, which is well above the national figure of 11.9%. This includes 45% of residents caring for children unpaid—far above the 26.3% seen across Australia—though only 15% spend 15 or more hours on housework, which is well below the national figure.
15.0% —
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
45.0% —
Higher than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
15.0% —
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
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.
No one in Yarragadee has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is a little below the 2.8% seen across Australia.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Yarragadee [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51676/yarragadee/topic/community