38.0% ▼ -18.4%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 46.6%
- 2016: 47.1%
- 2021: 38.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Cleve · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Cleve
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A huge 38% of people in Cleve volunteer, which is far above the national figure. This high level of community spirit is a standout feature for the town, where residents are much more likely to give their time than people in most other similar areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 38% of residents helping out. This is far above both the South Australian rate of 17% and the Australian figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
More people here do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework each week (27.3%) compared to the national figure of 20.7%. This trend goes alongside a slightly higher rate of people providing general unpaid care, at 14.2%.
14.2% ▲ +11.8%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.7%
- 2016: 9.6%
- 2021: 14.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.1% ▼ -0.5%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.2%
- 2016: 25.7%
- 2021: 27.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.3% ▼ -11.7%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.0%
- 2016: 26.7%
- 2021: 27.3%
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 2.2% of the community have served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the Australian figure of 2.8%.
2.2%
Lower than 57% 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 Cleve [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40269/cleve/topic/community