9.1% ▼ -76.0%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 37.9%
- 2016: 25.3%
- 2021: 9.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Yirrkala · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Yirrkala
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Daily life in Yirrkala is heavily shaped by unpaid work at home, with 59.2% of people caring for children. This far exceeds the national figure and highlights a community where family care is a central part of the day.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 9.1% of residents volunteer, which is well below the Northern Territory and Australian figures of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very common here, with 18.4% providing general unpaid care and 33.8% doing over 15 hours of housework weekly, both of which are far above the national average.
18.4% ▼ -50.8%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 37.4%
- 2016: 17.6%
- 2021: 18.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
59.2% ▲ +48.7%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 39.8%
- 2016: 71.4%
- 2021: 59.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
33.8% ▲ +48.3%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.8%
- 2016: 27.0%
- 2021: 33.8%
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.
A small number of people have served in the Defence Force, at 1.4%, which is lower than most areas and well below the Territory figure of 5.2%.
1.4%
Lower than 64% 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 Yirrkala [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70299/yirrkala/topic/community