14.2% ▼ -25.9%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.2%
- 2016: 18.7%
- 2021: 14.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Cleveland · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Cleveland
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 4% of residents in Cleveland have served in the Defence Force, which is higher than most similar areas. While military service is more common here, other forms of community contribution like volunteering and unpaid care are less frequent than in other parts of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.2% of people volunteer their time, a figure that is about the same as the state and national rates, though lower than in most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Providing unpaid care for children is much less common here than across Australia, with only 22.9% of people doing so. Other forms of unpaid work, such as housework or general care, are lower than most areas but sit about the same as the national figures.
11.8% ▲ +2.6%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.5%
- 2016: 11.6%
- 2021: 11.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.9% ▼ -7.9%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.9%
- 2016: 24.9%
- 2021: 22.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.4% ▼ -3.9%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.3%
- 2016: 21.8%
- 2021: 21.4%
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.
The 3.9% of people who served in the Defence Force is higher than in most similar areas and a little above the Australian average.
3.9%
Higher than 70% 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 Cleveland [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30622/cleveland/topic/community