8.8% ▼ -60.8%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.5%
- 2016: 16.2%
- 2021: 8.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Clarkefield · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Clarkefield
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people get involved in community activities in Clarkefield compared to most similar areas. Only 8.8% of residents volunteer, a figure that is well below the national average. This lack of community participation is paired with a notably high number of people who have served in the Defence Force.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is uncommon here, with only 8.8% of people pitching in. This is well below the 13.3% seen across Victoria and the 14.1% national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is lower than in most areas at 20.5%, falling well below the national average. However, those doing over 15 hours of housework each week (22.1%) is a little above the figures for Victoria and Australia.
10.4% ▼ -26.1%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.1%
- 2016: 13.1%
- 2021: 10.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.5% ▼ -28.0%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.5%
- 2016: 26.5%
- 2021: 20.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.1% ▼ -10.4%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.6%
- 2016: 25.0%
- 2021: 22.1%
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 high proportion of the community has a military background. People who served in the Defence Force make up 4.8% of the population, which is much higher than most areas and a little above the national figure of 2.8%.
4.8%
Higher than 78% 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 Clarkefield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20567/clarkefield/topic/community