14.3% ▼ -55.7%
Lower than 69% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 32.2%
- 2016: 19.7%
- 2021: 14.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Yallourn North · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Yallourn North
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people provide unpaid care in Yallourn North than in most similar areas. While 15.5% of residents provide unpaid care, the number of volunteers has fallen sharply since 2011.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering has dropped significantly, falling 18 percentage points since 2011 to 14.3%. This is now lower than most areas, though it remains about the same as the figures for Victoria and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 15.5% of people providing care, which is much higher than in most similar areas. This includes 27.7% who care for children unpaid, a figure that is a little above the national average.
15.5% ▲ +31.6%
Higher than 82% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 11.8%
- 2016: 11.3%
- 2021: 15.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.7% ▲ +6.9%
Higher than 67% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 25.9%
- 2016: 31.4%
- 2021: 27.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.2% ▼ -16.9%
Lower than 58% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 27.9%
- 2016: 25.3%
- 2021: 23.2%
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.
About 2.8% of residents have served in the Defence Force. This is lower than most similar areas, though it is about the same as the figures for Victoria and Australia.
2.8%
Lower than 72% 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 Yallourn North [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL215095/yallourn-north/topic/community