17.4% —
Higher than 52% of urban centre areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Yamba · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Yamba
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people in Yamba give their time to others than is typical across the state. This is a community where volunteering and military service are common, while a smaller proportion of residents provide unpaid childcare compared to the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 17.4% of people giving their time. This is well above the 13% seen in New South Wales and the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Only 13% of residents provide unpaid care, which is a little above the national figure. While 24.5% of people spend 15 or more hours a week on housework, the share of people caring for children unpaid is well below the 26.3% national average.
13.0% —
Lower than 54% of urban centre areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
17.4% —
Lower than 84% of urban centre areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.5% —
Higher than 55% of urban centre areas.
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.
Military service is much more common in Yamba than in most similar areas. About 5.1% of people have served in the Defence Force, which is a little above the 2.8% recorded for Australia.
5.1%
Higher than 79% of urban centre 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 Yamba [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL114036/yamba/topic/community