19.2% ▼ -7.4%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.7%
- 2016: 23.8%
- 2021: 19.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Clovelly · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Clovelly
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Volunteer rates in Clovelly have stayed strong, with 19.2% of people giving their time to the community. This reflects a local trend of high engagement that sits well above the state and national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Nearly one in five people volunteer here, which is well above the 13% seen across New South Wales and the 14.1% national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Childcare is a major focus in the area, with 30.7% of people providing unpaid care for children, which is much higher than most areas. In contrast, the proportion of people doing 15 or more hours of unpaid housework or providing general unpaid care is lower than most places.
11.2% ▲ +3.2%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.9%
- 2016: 10.2%
- 2021: 11.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.7% ▼ -4.0%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.0%
- 2016: 30.7%
- 2021: 30.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.6% ▲ +12.7%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.2%
- 2016: 16.7%
- 2021: 20.6%
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.
Very few residents have served in the Defence Force, at 1.2%, which is a little below both the state and national figures.
1.2%
Lower than 66% 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 Clovelly [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10937/clovelly/topic/community