6.5% —
Lower than 99% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 11.2%
- 2021: 6.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Yuroke (Northern Metropolitan) · State Electorate
Community Participation in Yuroke (Northern Metropolitan)
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Just 6.5% of people in Yuroke volunteer, which is among the lowest rates for similar areas. This low level of community involvement contrasts with a high number of residents providing unpaid childcare. While volunteering has dropped sharply since 2016, the proportion of people caring for children has remained steady.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering in Yuroke is well below the national figure of 14.1%, and it has fallen by 4.7 percentage points since 2016.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is much more common here than in most areas, with 31.2% of people providing this care. This is well above the Victorian average of 26.3%. Meanwhile, 11.9% of people provide other unpaid care, which is about the same as the national figure.
11.9% —
Lower than 53% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 12.1%
- 2021: 11.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
31.2% —
Higher than 87% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 31.7%
- 2021: 31.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
17.8% —
Lower than 79% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 18.5%
- 2021: 17.8%
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.
Only 0.7% of residents have served in the Defence Force, a figure that is a little below both the Victorian and Australian averages.
0.7%
Lower than 99% of state electorate 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 Yuroke (Northern Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED28803/yuroke/topic/community