15.7% ▼ -24.5%
Lower than 62% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 20.8%
- 2016: 20.7%
- 2021: 15.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Clarence Valley · Council (LGA)
Community Participation in Clarence Valley
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer residents have volunteered since 2011, but Clarence Valley remains a place where many people support others. The local area shows a strong trend of unpaid care and a high number of former Defence Force members compared to the rest of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
While 15.7% of people volunteer, which is a little above the national figure of 14.1%, this is a drop from 20.8% back in 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here; 14.2% of people provide care and 25% do 15 or more hours of housework, both of which are well above national figures. However, those caring for children unpaid (22.3%) are well below the Australian average of 26.3%.
14.2% ▼ -1.6%
Higher than 86% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 14.4%
- 2016: 14.0%
- 2021: 14.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.3% ▼ -12.7%
Lower than 72% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 25.6%
- 2016: 23.3%
- 2021: 22.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.0% ▼ -15.3%
Higher than 78% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 29.5%
- 2016: 27.0%
- 2021: 25.0%
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 much more common here than in most areas, with 4.0% of residents having served, which is a little above the New South Wales figure of 2.3%.
4.0%
Higher than 80% of council (lga) 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 Clarence Valley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA11730/clarence-valley/topic/community