21.3% —
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 31.3%
- 2021: 21.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Clydesdale · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Clydesdale
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Forty-four percent of people in Clydesdale do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework each week, a figure far above the national average. This is a community where people are very active at home and in the wider area, with high rates of volunteering and childcare.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 21.3% of people helping out. This is well above the New South Wales figure of 13.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is a major part of life for many, as 40.4% of people care for children unpaid, which is far above the Australian average of 26.3%. This aligns with the high number of people doing significant housework. Meanwhile, 11.2% provide other unpaid care, which is about the same as the national figure.
11.2% —
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 20.3%
- 2021: 11.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
40.4% —
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 31.3%
- 2021: 40.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
43.8% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 29.7%
- 2021: 43.8%
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the national rate of 2.8%.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Clydesdale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10941/clydesdale/topic/community