36.4% —
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 38.1%
- 2021: 36.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Clay Wells · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Clay Wells
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than a third of people in Clay Wells volunteer, a rate far above the national figure. This is a highly active community where a large proportion of residents dedicate their time to helping others and caring for family members.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 36.4% of residents volunteer, which is among the highest rates for similar areas and far above the 14.1% seen across Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 36.4% of people providing care and 40.9% looking after children, both far above state and national figures. In contrast, no one reported doing 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, a figure far below the rest of the country.
36.4% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 52.4%
- 2021: 36.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
40.9% —
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 38.1%
- 2021: 40.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 42.9%
- 2021: 0.0%
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 areas and well below the South Australian average of 3.2%.
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 Clay Wells [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40263/clay-wells/topic/community