30.1% ▲ +5.1%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.7%
- 2016: 31.7%
- 2021: 30.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Clifton Creek · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Clifton Creek
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
About 30.1% of people volunteer in Clifton Creek, a rate that is far above the national average. This high level of community spirit is a standout feature of the area, where residents are much more likely to give their time than people in most other parts of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 30.1% of residents pitching in. This is far above the 13.3% seen in Victoria and the 14.1% figure for Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
More people do a lot of unpaid work at home, with 28.6% spending 15 or more hours a week on housework, which is well above the national figure. Providing unpaid care is also a little more common than in the rest of Australia, while 26.0% of people care for children unpaid, which is about the same as the state average.
14.3% ▲ +33.1%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.7%
- 2016: 16.4%
- 2021: 14.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.0% ▲ +4.7%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.9%
- 2016: 21.7%
- 2021: 26.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.6% ▼ -18.8%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.2%
- 2016: 32.3%
- 2021: 28.6%
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 less common here than in most areas. Only 1.5% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the Australian average of 2.8%.
1.5%
Lower than 63% 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 Clifton Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20573/clifton-creek/topic/community