19.9% ▼ -17.6%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.1%
- 2016: 29.2%
- 2021: 19.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Clarenza · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Clarenza
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 20% of people in Clarenza volunteer, which is well above the national figure. This strong spirit of community is seen in high rates of unpaid work and a higher than usual number of former Defence Force members.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 19.9% of residents giving their time. This is well above the 13% seen across New South Wales and the 14.1% national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very common, as 30.1% of people do 15 or more hours of housework and 18.3% provide unpaid care, both figures being well above the state and national levels. About 25.8% of people care for children unpaid, which is about the same as the rest of Australia.
18.3% ▲ +5.0%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.4%
- 2016: 13.2%
- 2021: 18.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.8% ▼ -31.3%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 37.5%
- 2016: 26.4%
- 2021: 25.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
30.1% ▲ +1.8%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.6%
- 2016: 26.0%
- 2021: 30.1%
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.
The area has a higher than usual proportion of veterans, with 3.7% of people having served in the Defence Force. This is a little above the New South Wales figure of 2.3%.
3.7%
Higher than 68% 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 Clarenza [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10921/clarenza/topic/community