24.1% ▼ -15.6%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.5%
- 2016: 34.5%
- 2021: 24.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Yornup · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Yornup
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A strong spirit of helping out defines Yornup, where 24.1% of people volunteer. This level of community involvement is well above both the state and national figures, marking it as a place where residents are much more likely to give their time to others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Nearly a quarter of residents volunteer, which is well above the 15.9% seen across Western Australia and the 14.1% national figure. This rate is also higher than in most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 25.3% of people spend 15 or more hours a week on unpaid housework—well above the national figure—only 20.3% provide unpaid childcare. This child care rate is well below the Australian average of 26.3%.
11.4% ▼ -11.0%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.8%
- 2016: 12.1%
- 2021: 11.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.3% ▼ -22.3%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.1%
- 2016: 22.4%
- 2021: 20.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.3% ▼ -25.4%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.9%
- 2016: 15.5%
- 2021: 25.3%
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 more common here than in most similar areas, with 3.9% of the population having served. This is a little above the national figure of 2.8%.
3.9%
Higher than 70% 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 Yornup [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51692/yornup/topic/community