12.6% ▼ -11.3%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.1%
- 2016: 18.9%
- 2021: 12.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Clayton · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Clayton
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much lower rates of unpaid care and volunteering than most similar areas define Clayton. Only 6.5% of people provide unpaid care, which is well below both the Victorian and national figures. This suggests a community where residents are far less likely to be engaged in domestic or community support roles compared to other parts of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 12.6% of people in Clayton volunteer, a figure that is much lower than most similar areas and a little below the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is uncommon here; only 12.3% of people care for children unpaid and 11.3% do over 15 hours of housework, both of which are well below Victorian and national levels.
6.5% ▼ -5.0%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.9%
- 2016: 6.8%
- 2021: 6.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
12.3% ▼ -12.1%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.0%
- 2016: 13.7%
- 2021: 12.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
11.3% ▼ -0.3%
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.3%
- 2016: 10.3%
- 2021: 11.3%
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.
Defence service is less common in Clayton than in most other areas, with only 0.4% of residents having served, which is a little below the 2.8% national figure.
0.4%
Lower than 74% 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 Clayton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20569/clayton/topic/community