45.8% —
Higher than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 30.0%
- 2021: 45.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Youndegin · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Youndegin
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Huge gaps between Youndegin and the rest of the country are clear in how residents give their time, with nearly 46% of people volunteering. This level of community involvement is far above the national figure and among the highest in the region.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 45.8% of residents giving their time, which is far above the 14.1% national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is also frequent, as 25% of people provide unpaid care and 37.5% care for children—both far above the national average. Interestingly, no one reported doing 15 or more hours of unpaid housework per week, which is far below the national figure of 20.7%.
25.0% —
Higher than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 25.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
37.5% —
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 15.0%
- 2021: 37.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.5%
- 2021: 0.0%
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.
Military service is much more common here than elsewhere, with 20.8% of people having served in the Defence Force, far above the 2.8% national average.
20.8%
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 Youndegin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51694/youndegin/topic/community