11.4% ▼ -49.2%
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.5%
- 2016: 24.3%
- 2021: 11.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Clarence · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Clarence
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Daily life in Clarence involves a higher than usual amount of unpaid care and service. While only 11.4% of people volunteer, which is a little below the national figure, there is a strong presence of former Defence Force members and those providing unpaid support to others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is less common here than in most similar areas, with 11.4% of residents pitching in, which is a little below the New South Wales figure of 13.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is a significant part of life for 13.7% of people, a figure higher than most areas. While this is a little above the national average, those caring for children unpaid is well below the Australian figure at 21.7%.
13.7% ▲ +56.5%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.8%
- 2016: 13.9%
- 2021: 13.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.7% ▼ -2.0%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.2%
- 2016: 19.7%
- 2021: 21.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.0% ▲ +1.2%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.7%
- 2016: 31.8%
- 2021: 24.0%
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.
A higher than usual proportion of residents have served in the Defence Force, with 4.0% of the population having served, which is a little above the 2.8% national figure.
4.0%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality 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 [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10918/clarence/topic/community