7.3% ▼ -21.4%
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.3%
- 2016: 11.1%
- 2021: 7.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Clayton South · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Clayton South
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Very few residents in Clayton South engage in unpaid care or community work compared to the rest of the country. Only 7.3% of people here volunteer, a figure that is well below both the Victorian and national averages. This lack of community participation extends to unpaid housework and caring roles as well.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is among the lowest for similar areas, with only 7.3% of people helping out, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much lower than most areas, with only 9.7% providing care and 16.6% doing over 15 hours of housework. Only 20.5% of people care for children unpaid, which is well below the 26.3% seen across Victoria.
9.7% ▼ 0.0%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.7%
- 2016: 10.6%
- 2021: 9.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.5% ▼ -6.9%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.0%
- 2016: 23.2%
- 2021: 20.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
16.6% ▼ -1.3%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.8%
- 2016: 16.1%
- 2021: 16.6%
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.
Defence service is also lower than most areas, with 0.5% of residents having served in the Defence Force, a little below the national figure of 2.8%.
0.5%
Lower than 71% 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 South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20570/clayton-south/topic/community