14.6% ▼ -39.9%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.3%
- 2016: 17.5%
- 2021: 14.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Clare · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Clare
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Volunteer rates in Clare have remained steady since 2011, reflecting a community where civic engagement is consistent with national levels. While volunteering is common, the area stands out for having a very high proportion of veterans and much lower rates of unpaid care compared to the rest of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.6% of people in Clare volunteer, which is about the same as the figure for Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much less common here than in most areas. Only 7.3% of people provide unpaid care, and the 12.2% who care for children unpaid is far below the national figure of 26.3%.
7.3% ▼ -17.0%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.8%
- 2016: 9.6%
- 2021: 7.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
12.2% ▼ -66.4%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.3%
- 2016: 24.7%
- 2021: 12.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.5% ▼ -30.8%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.2%
- 2016: 17.5%
- 2021: 19.5%
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 striking 8.0% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is well above the 2.8% seen across Australia.
8.0%
Higher than 91% 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 Clare [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30614/clare/topic/community