23.7% —
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 23.5%
- 2021: 23.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Clydesdale · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Clydesdale
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly a quarter of residents in Clydesdale volunteer their time, a rate far above the Victorian average. This high level of community involvement stands out as the main feature of local participation. While few people here care for children, many residents provide other forms of unpaid support.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 23.7% of people volunteer, which is higher than most similar areas and well above the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 20.3% of residents providing support, which is well above the Victorian average. This stands in contrast to child care, as only 6.8% of people care for children unpaid, a figure far below the national average.
20.3% —
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 19.6%
- 2021: 20.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
6.8% —
Lower than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 13.7%
- 2021: 6.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.0% —
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 43.1%
- 2021: 22.0%
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 lower than most similar areas and slightly below the figures for Victoria and Australia.
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 Clydesdale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20584/clydesdale/topic/community