10.4% ▲ +4.2%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.0%
- 2016: 12.1%
- 2021: 10.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Clarkson · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Clarkson
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far fewer people volunteer in Clarkson than in other parts of the country, with only 10.4% of residents giving their time. This represents a significant gap compared to the national average. While community volunteering is low, a high number of residents are focused on unpaid family responsibilities.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 10.4% of people in Clarkson volunteer, which is much lower than most areas and well below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid child care is common here, with 31.5% of people providing this support—a figure well above the Australian average of 26.3%. In contrast, those doing 15 or more hours of housework (18.0%) and those providing general unpaid care (9.1%) are both lower than the national figures.
9.1% ▲ +26.4%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.2%
- 2016: 8.0%
- 2021: 9.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
31.5% ▼ -7.5%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.1%
- 2016: 31.6%
- 2021: 31.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.0% ▼ -7.8%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.6%
- 2016: 18.3%
- 2021: 18.0%
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.
About 2.1% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the figures for both Western Australia and Australia.
2.1%
Lower than 58% 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 Clarkson [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50297/clarkson/topic/community