4.6% —
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 18.6%
- 2021: 4.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Yalata · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Yalata
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A high proportion of adults in Yalata look after children, but few residents volunteer their time. Only 4.6% of people here are volunteers, which is far below the South Australian figure of 17.0%.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering has dropped sharply since 2016, falling 14 percentage points to just 4.6%. This is among the lowest levels of participation seen in similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 35.0% of people provide unpaid childcare—well above the national figure of 26.3%—others are less likely to do housework. Those spending 15 or more hours a week on unpaid housework fell to 16.5%, and only 9.3% provide other forms of unpaid care.
9.3% —
Lower than 87% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 11.3%
- 2021: 9.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
35.0% —
Higher than 87% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 34.7%
- 2021: 35.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
16.5% —
Lower than 89% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 30.7%
- 2021: 16.5%
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 one in the community has served in the Defence Force, a figure well below the 3.2% seen across South Australia.
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 Yalata [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL422063/yalata/topic/community