17.9% ▼ -20.0%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.3%
- 2016: 20.4%
- 2021: 17.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Clayfield · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Clayfield
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people volunteer in Clayfield than in the state or national average, with 17.9% of residents giving their time. This high level of community spirit stands out against a backdrop of lower rates of unpaid care and housework compared to other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 17.9% of people in Clayfield volunteer, a figure that is well above the 14.1% seen across both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is less common here than in most areas, with only 10.7% of people providing care. This is mirrored by lower rates of people doing 15 or more hours of housework (17.6%) and those caring for children unpaid (23.6%) compared to the national figures.
10.7% ▲ +11.2%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.6%
- 2016: 9.5%
- 2021: 10.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.6% ▲ +2.9%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.9%
- 2016: 23.6%
- 2021: 23.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
17.6% ▲ +6.3%
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.6%
- 2016: 16.4%
- 2021: 17.6%
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.
Around 3.0% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the figures for Queensland and Australia.
3.0%
Higher than 56% 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 Clayfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30617/clayfield/topic/community