30.4% ▼ -28.1%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 42.3%
- 2016: 17.9%
- 2021: 30.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Yealering · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Yealering
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A strong spirit of volunteering has grown in Yealering, where over 30% of people now give their time to help others. This level of community involvement is far above both the state and national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 30.4% of residents are volunteers, which is much higher than most similar areas and far above the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Far fewer people provide unpaid childcare here than across Australia, with only 11.4% doing so. Meanwhile, 8.9% provide other unpaid care, which is well below the national figure.
8.9% ▼ -9.8%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.8%
- 2016: 11.6%
- 2021: 8.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
11.4% ▼ -69.1%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.9%
- 2016: 13.7%
- 2021: 11.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.8% ▼ -34.3%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.7%
- 2016: 26.3%
- 2021: 22.8%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 3.7% of the population, a rate that is higher than most similar areas and slightly above the national figure of 2.8%.
3.7%
Higher than 67% 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 Yealering [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51680/yealering/topic/community