27.7% ▼ -40.2%
Higher than 92% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 46.4%
- 2016: 26.1%
- 2021: 27.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Yorketown · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Yorketown
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Volunteering has dropped sharply in Yorketown (L) since 2011, though it remains a very active place. Over a quarter of the people here still give their time to others, a figure far above the national average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 27.7% of residents volunteer, which is among the highest rates for similar areas and far above the 14.1% national figure. However, this is down 19 points from 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While unpaid childcare is well below the state figure at 17.5%, more people here do 15 or more hours of housework than in most areas. Unpaid care for others is 12.8%, which is about the same as the national average.
12.8% ▲ +3.0%
Lower than 56% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 12.5%
- 2016: 16.4%
- 2021: 12.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
17.5% ▼ -46.0%
Lower than 84% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 32.4%
- 2016: 24.6%
- 2021: 17.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.7% ▼ -8.3%
Higher than 73% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 29.1%
- 2016: 30.7%
- 2021: 26.7%
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 more common here than in most areas, with 5.3% of people having served. This is a little above both the state and national figures.
5.3%
Higher than 81% 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 Yorketown [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL421043/yorketown/topic/community