11.2% —
Lower than 86% of urban centre areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Yanchep · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Yanchep
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A much higher share of people in Yanchep now care for children unpaid compared to the national figure. While 34.2% of residents provide this unpaid childcare, the area has seen a decline in other forms of community activity.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 11.2% of people here volunteer, which is much lower than most similar areas and well below the Western Australian figure of 15.9%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
The proportion of people caring for children unpaid is well above the national figure at 34.2%. However, providing other types of unpaid care is much lower than most areas, at 10.4%.
10.4% —
Lower than 80% of urban centre areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
34.2% —
Higher than 86% of urban centre areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.1% —
Lower than 74% of urban centre areas.
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 2.5% of the population, which is much lower than most similar areas.
2.5%
Lower than 77% 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 Yanchep [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL513005/yanchep/topic/community