29.3% —
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 26.7%
- 2021: 29.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Clarkes Hill · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Clarkes Hill
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 30% of people in Clarkes Hill volunteer, a figure far above the national average. This high level of community involvement is a standout feature of daily life here, where residents are much more likely to give their time to others than people in most other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 29.3% of residents helping out. This is far above the 14.1% national figure and the 13.3% seen across Victoria.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Many residents provide unpaid support, with 20.7% giving care and 34.5% caring for children—both well above the state and national figures. Interestingly, those doing 15 or more hours of housework each week are a little below the national figure at 19.0%.
20.7% —
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 17.8%
- 2021: 20.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
34.5% —
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 51.1%
- 2021: 34.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.0% —
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 24.4%
- 2021: 19.0%
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 2.8% national figure.
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 Clarkes Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20568/clarkes-hill/topic/community