9.1% ▼ -76.0%
Lower than 90% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 37.9%
- 2016: 3.0%
- 2021: 9.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Yirrkala · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Yirrkala
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 60% of people in Yirrkala provide unpaid childcare, a rate far above the national figure. While the community takes on a heavy load of home and family care, formal volunteering has dropped sharply in recent years. This creates a picture of a place where most unpaid effort is focused on the home and family.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Formal volunteering has fallen significantly since 2011, with only 9.1% of residents now volunteering. This is well below both the Northern Territory and Australian figures of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very common here; 59.2% of people care for children and 33.8% do more than 15 hours of housework weekly, both far above national levels. Meanwhile, the proportion of people providing other unpaid care fell to 18.4%, though this remains well above the rest of the country.
18.4% ▼ -50.7%
Higher than 95% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 37.3%
- 2016: 5.0%
- 2021: 18.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
59.2% ▲ +48.3%
Higher than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 39.9%
- 2016: 56.8%
- 2021: 59.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
33.8% ▲ +47.5%
Higher than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 22.9%
- 2016: 9.4%
- 2021: 33.8%
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 uncommon in Yirrkala, with only 1.4% of residents having served. This is a little below the Australian average and well below the Northern Territory figure of 5.2%.
1.4%
Lower than 91% 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 Yirrkala [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL721016/yirrkala/topic/community