14.3% ▼ -20.5%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.0%
- 2016: 20.8%
- 2021: 14.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Point Clare · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Point Clare
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Daily life in Point Clare is marked by a strong commitment to helping others, with 3.9% of residents having served in the Defence Force. While volunteering is lower than in many similar areas, a significant number of people provide unpaid support to their families and the wider community.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Around 14.3% of people here volunteer, which is about the same as the national figure and a little above the New South Wales average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common, with 24.6% of residents doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, a figure well above the state and national averages. Another 12.9% provide unpaid care, which is a little above the national level.
12.9% ▲ +21.1%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.7%
- 2016: 13.0%
- 2021: 12.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.9% ▼ -9.2%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.5%
- 2016: 30.0%
- 2021: 25.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.6% ▲ +0.3%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.5%
- 2016: 24.2%
- 2021: 24.6%
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.
A higher share of people in Point Clare have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, sitting at 3.9% against a national figure of 2.8%.
3.9%
Higher than 70% 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 Point Clare [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13243/point-clare/topic/community