25.7% ▼ -15.4%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.3%
- 2016: 30.8%
- 2021: 25.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Yarralumla · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Yarralumla
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than a quarter of people in Yarralumla volunteer, which is far above the national figure. This community is highly active, with residents frequently stepping up to provide unpaid care and support for others. These figures show a strong trend of civic engagement and service across the suburb.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 25.7% of residents helping out. This is well above the 18.4% seen across the ACT and far above the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much more common than in most areas. While 27.6% of people care for children, 17.0% provide other unpaid care and 26.1% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, both of which are well above the national figures.
17.0% ▲ +27.6%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.3%
- 2016: 15.6%
- 2021: 17.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.6% ▼ -2.5%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.3%
- 2016: 28.2%
- 2021: 27.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.1% ▲ +6.6%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.5%
- 2016: 23.3%
- 2021: 26.1%
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 much more common here than in most areas. About 6.9% of residents have served, which is well above the Australian figure of 2.8%.
6.9%
Higher than 89% 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 Yarralumla [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80136/yarralumla/topic/community