20.7% ▲ +4.8%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.8%
- 2016: 22.8%
- 2021: 20.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Clarence Park · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Clarence Park
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A much higher rate of volunteering than the national figure defines Clarence Park. About 20.7% of people here volunteer, which is well above both the state and national averages. This spirit of contribution extends to home life, where more residents provide unpaid care compared to most other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 20.7% of residents giving their time. This is well above the 17.0% seen in South Australia and 6.6 percentage points higher than the Australian average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is more frequent than in most areas, with 14.3% of people providing care and 28.6% looking after children. Meanwhile, 21.9% of residents spend 15 or more hours a week on housework, which is a little above the national figure.
14.3% ▲ +19.3%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.0%
- 2016: 12.1%
- 2021: 14.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.6% ▲ +4.6%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.4%
- 2016: 26.7%
- 2021: 28.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.9% ▲ +6.5%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.6%
- 2016: 20.0%
- 2021: 21.9%
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 common at a rate of 2.7%, which is about the same as the figures for both South Australia and Australia.
2.7%
Higher than 51% 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 Clarence Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40261/clarence-park/topic/community