19.8% ▲ +68.4%
Higher than 68% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 11.8%
- 2016: 48.9%
- 2021: 19.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Yankalilla · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Yankalilla
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Well above the national figure for volunteering, Yankalilla (L) shows a strong commitment to community work. Nearly one in five residents now helps out in their spare time, a figure that has climbed significantly over the last decade.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 19.8% of people helping out. This is well above the Australian figure of 14.1% and represents a rise of 8.1 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is high, with 29.1% doing 15 or more hours of housework and 15.8% providing unpaid care, both much higher than most areas. In contrast, the 18.0% of people caring for children unpaid is well below the national figure.
15.8% ▲ +46.8%
Higher than 84% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 10.7%
- 2016: 11.7%
- 2021: 15.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
18.0% ▼ -39.6%
Lower than 82% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 29.8%
- 2016: 32.3%
- 2021: 18.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
29.1% ▲ +28.8%
Higher than 87% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 22.6%
- 2016: 24.4%
- 2021: 29.1%
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.
A larger share of the population has served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, with 5.4% of residents having served. This is a little above both the South Australian and national figures.
5.4%
Higher than 83% 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 Yankalilla [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL421042/yankalilla/topic/community