7.3% ▼ -62.8%
Lower than 94% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 19.7%
- 2016: 19.3%
- 2021: 7.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Yabulu · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Yabulu
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A huge drop in volunteering marks the community profile of Yabulu, where only 7.3% of people now give their time to others. This is well below the national figure and reflects a sharp decline from a decade ago.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 7.3% of residents volunteer, which is among the lowest rates for similar areas and well below the Queensland average of 14.1%. This figure has fallen by 12 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is less common here than in most areas, with only 10.7% of people providing care and 18.8% doing 15 or more hours of housework. These figures, along with the 20.8% who care for children, are all lower than national averages.
10.7% ▼ -27.9%
Lower than 78% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 14.8%
- 2016: 12.3%
- 2021: 10.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.8% ▼ -9.7%
Lower than 69% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 23.1%
- 2016: 23.8%
- 2021: 20.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.8% ▼ -37.6%
Lower than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 30.1%
- 2016: 22.7%
- 2021: 18.8%
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.
Defence service is much more common in Yabulu than in most areas, with 6.0% of residents having served. This is well above the Australian figure of 2.8%.
6.0%
Higher than 87% 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 Yabulu [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL321113/yabulu/topic/community