17.7% ▼ -20.6%
Higher than 72% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 22.3%
- 2016: 20.4%
- 2021: 17.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Clayfield · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Community Participation in Clayfield
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people give their time to others than in most similar areas, with 17.7% of Clayfield residents volunteering. While this is well above the national figure of 14.1%, the number of people volunteering has fallen by 4.6 percentage points since 2011.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Local volunteering is strong at 17.7%, which is well above both the Queensland and Australian figures of 14.1%. However, this is a drop from 2011 when 22.3% of the community volunteered.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is less common here than in most areas, with 17.4% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework per week. This is well below the national figure of 20.7%, and the 23.3% who care for children unpaid is also well below the Australian average.
10.7% ▲ +11.8%
Lower than 73% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 9.6%
- 2016: 9.2%
- 2021: 10.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.3% ▲ +1.7%
Lower than 71% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 22.9%
- 2016: 23.4%
- 2021: 23.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
17.4% ▲ +4.7%
Lower than 81% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 16.6%
- 2016: 16.1%
- 2021: 17.4%
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.
About 3.0% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is around the middle for its level and about the same as the figures for Queensland and Australia.
3.0%
Higher than 54% 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).
More for Clayfield
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Community Participation in Clayfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/305031122/clayfield/topic/community