19.8% ▼ -29.2%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.0%
- 2016: 29.2%
- 2021: 19.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Clunes · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Clunes
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 20% of people in Clunes volunteer, which is well above the national figure. This high level of community involvement is paired with a strong trend of residents taking on unpaid care and housework roles at home.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 19.8% of residents volunteer, a figure that is well above both the New South Wales rate of 13.0% and the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, with 28.6% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, well above the national figure of 20.7%. This sits alongside 27.3% of residents providing unpaid childcare, which is higher than most areas.
12.6% ▲ +9.4%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.5%
- 2016: 12.7%
- 2021: 12.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.3% ▼ -23.7%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.8%
- 2016: 31.3%
- 2021: 27.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.6% ▼ -0.1%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.6%
- 2016: 28.0%
- 2021: 28.6%
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.
About 2.3% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the New South Wales and national rates.
2.3%
Lower than 56% 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 Clunes [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10938/clunes/topic/community