56.3% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 47.1%
- 2021: 56.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Clear Lake · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Clear Lake
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than half of the people in Clear Lake give their time to help others, creating a community with very high levels of active participation. With 56.3% of residents volunteering, the area is far more active than the national average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteer rates are among the highest for this level of area, at 56.3%. This is far above the 14.1% national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, with 37.5% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, which is far above the Victorian figure of 20.1%. This aligns with 14.6% of residents providing some form of unpaid care, a rate higher than most areas.
14.6% —
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 25.5%
- 2021: 14.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.1% —
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 58.8%
- 2021: 27.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
37.5% —
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 39.2%
- 2021: 37.5%
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 significant 10.2% of the population has served in the Defence Force. This is well above both the Victorian rate of 2.0% and the national figure of 2.8%.
10.2%
Higher than 96% 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 Clear Lake [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20571/clear-lake/topic/community