50.0% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 35.7%
- 2021: 50.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Yornaning · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Yornaning
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Half of all residents in Yornaning volunteer their time, a rate among the highest for similar areas. This strong community spirit is matched by high levels of unpaid care, with far more people helping out at home than in the rest of the state.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 50% of people helping out. This is far above the 15.9% seen across Western Australia and the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is a big part of life, as 16.7% of people provide care and 33.3% look after children unpaid, both of which are well above state and national levels. In contrast, the 19.4% who do 15 or more hours of housework is much lower than in most areas.
16.7% —
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 25.0%
- 2021: 16.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
33.3% —
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 28.6%
- 2021: 33.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.4% —
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 19.4%
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 Yornaning has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the figures for Western Australia and 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 Yornaning [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51691/yornaning/topic/community