14.1% —
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 13.8%
- 2021: 14.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Yoongarillup · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Yoongarillup
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people serve in the military in Yoongarillup than in the rest of the state. The area is also defined by a very high rate of unpaid childcare, with 36.6% of residents providing this support.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.1% of people volunteer here, which is about the same as the national figure but a little below the Western Australian rate.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Care for children is a major part of local life; 36.6% of people do this unpaid, which is far above the national average. Other unpaid care and housework rates are closer to the state and national figures.
12.7% —
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.7%
- 2021: 12.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
36.6% —
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 30.8%
- 2021: 36.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.1% —
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 26.2%
- 2021: 21.1%
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 very common here, with 12.7% of residents having served in the Defence Force. This is well above the figures for both Western Australia and Australia.
12.7%
Higher 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 Yoongarillup [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51689/yoongarillup/topic/community