22.5% ▼ -21.0%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.5%
- 2016: 29.3%
- 2021: 22.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Clifton Grove · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Clifton Grove
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people in Clifton Grove contribute their time to others than in most similar areas. About 22.5% of residents volunteer, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%. This spirit of giving extends into the home, where child care and housework rates are much higher than usual.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteer rates in Clifton Grove are very high at 22.5%, placing the area well above both New South Wales (13.0%) and the Australian average (14.1%).
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, with 34.7% of people caring for children and 27.3% doing over 15 hours of housework weekly, both well above state and national figures. However, those providing other types of unpaid care sit at 10.5%, which is lower than most areas.
10.5% ▲ +0.3%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.5%
- 2016: 13.6%
- 2021: 10.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
34.7% ▲ +8.7%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.9%
- 2016: 33.8%
- 2021: 34.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.3% ▼ -11.6%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.9%
- 2016: 29.0%
- 2021: 27.3%
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 Force service is around the middle for its level, with 2.9% of residents having served, a figure about the same as the national 2.8%.
2.9%
Higher than 53% 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 Clifton Grove [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10933/clifton-grove/topic/community