20.2% ▼ -23.5%
Higher than 83% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 26.4%
- 2016: 27.0%
- 2021: 20.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Creswick - Clunes · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Community Participation in Creswick - Clunes
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
About one in five people in Creswick - Clunes volunteer, a rate well above the national figure. This reflects a strong culture of community contribution, although the proportion of volunteers has fallen since 2011. The area also sees high levels of unpaid care and housework.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
At 20.2%, volunteers in Creswick - Clunes are much more common than in most areas. This is well above the 14.1% national average, though it has fallen by 6.2 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Care work is common here, with 15.7% providing unpaid care and 26.8% doing 15 or more hours of housework—both figures well above the national average. Meanwhile, those caring for children unpaid make up 24.3%, which is a little below the 26.3% seen across Australia.
15.7% ▲ +15.4%
Higher than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 13.6%
- 2016: 13.1%
- 2021: 15.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.3% ▼ -10.0%
Lower than 64% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 27.0%
- 2016: 25.9%
- 2021: 24.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.8% ▼ -5.2%
Higher than 91% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 28.3%
- 2016: 26.3%
- 2021: 26.8%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 3.1% of the population. This is about the same as the national figure of 2.8% and a little above Victoria's 2.0%.
3.1%
Higher than 57% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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 Creswick - Clunes [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/201021010/creswick-clunes/topic/community