2.6% ▼ -95.2%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 53.1%
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 2.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Yarralin · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Yarralin
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Family responsibilities shape daily life in Yarralin, where a huge 61% of people provide unpaid childcare. This is far above the national figure and the Northern Territory average, marking a standout feature of the local community.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Very few people here volunteer their time. At 2.6%, this rate is among the lowest for similar areas and far below the 14.1% seen across Australia and the Territory.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 61% of people provide unpaid childcare, only 4.6% do 15 or more hours of housework a week, which is far below the national figure. Around 11.8% provide other types of unpaid care, a little above the Territory average.
11.8% ▼ -22.7%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.3%
- 2016: 25.4%
- 2021: 11.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
61.0% ▲ +10.1%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 55.4%
- 2016: 40.2%
- 2021: 61.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
4.6% ▼ -75.4%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.8%
- 2016: 20.6%
- 2021: 4.6%
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.
About 3.1% of residents have served in the Defence Force. This is around the middle for its level and is about the same as the 2.8% national figure.
3.1%
Higher than 57% 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 Yarralin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70297/yarralin/topic/community