19.4% —
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 29.6%
- 2021: 19.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Yambacoona · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Yambacoona
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Very few people in Yambacoona have served in the Defence Force or provide unpaid care, though volunteering remains common. This sparsely populated area sees 19.4% of residents volunteering, which is well above the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 19.4% of residents volunteer, a rate that is a little above the Tasmanian figure and well above the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is far less common here than elsewhere, with only 9.7% of people caring for children or doing significant housework, which is far below the national figure.
9.7% —
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 11.1%
- 2021: 9.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
9.7% —
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 14.8%
- 2021: 9.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
9.7% —
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 14.8%
- 2021: 9.7%
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 Yambacoona has served in the Defence Force, a rate that is well below the Tasmanian average and a little below the national figure.
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 Yambacoona [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60770/yambacoona/topic/community