21.9% ▼ -18.5%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.8%
- 2016: 36.7%
- 2021: 21.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Clarendon · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Clarendon
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people volunteer in Clarendon than in the rest of the state, with 21.9% of residents giving their time. This community is notably active in unpaid work, providing a high level of support for both their neighbours and their own homes.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 21.9% of people here volunteer, which is well above the 13.3% figure for Victoria and higher than most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 17.2% of residents providing support to others, well above the national figure of 11.9%. While a little fewer people care for children unpaid compared to the state average, 27.3% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, which is well above the Australian average.
17.2% ▲ +65.8%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.4%
- 2016: 21.1%
- 2021: 17.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.4% ▼ -22.8%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.4%
- 2016: 31.2%
- 2021: 23.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.3% ▼ -25.7%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.8%
- 2016: 29.4%
- 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.
A higher than usual proportion of the community has served in the Defence Force, with 3.4% of residents having served, which is a little above the Victorian figure of 2.0%.
3.4%
Higher than 62% 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 Clarendon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20564/clarendon/topic/community