16.0% ▼ -37.5%
Lower than 57% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 25.5%
- 2016: 24.7%
- 2021: 16.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Yeoval · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Yeoval
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A far higher proportion of people provide unpaid care in Yeoval than in most similar areas. While 15.4% of residents give this support, the number of volunteers has fallen since 2011. This community shows a strong commitment to caring for others, even as traditional volunteering has declined.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16.0% of people volunteer here, which is a little above the national figure of 14.1%. However, this is a significant drop from 2011, when 25.5% of the community volunteered.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common, with 15.4% of residents providing support, well above the New South Wales figure of 11.5%. In contrast, the 18.6% of people caring for children unpaid is well below the national average of 26.3%.
15.4% ▲ +38.8%
Higher than 81% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 11.1%
- 2016: 13.4%
- 2021: 15.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
18.6% ▲ +1.6%
Lower than 79% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 18.3%
- 2016: 38.6%
- 2021: 18.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.9% ▼ -6.5%
Lower than 61% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 24.5%
- 2016: 30.0%
- 2021: 22.9%
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.
No residents in this area reported serving in the Defence Force, which is a little below the Australian figure of 2.8%.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Yeoval [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL122158/yeoval/topic/community