23.4% ▲ +12.4%
Higher than 83% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 20.8%
- 2016: 27.3%
- 2021: 23.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Clifton Grove · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Clifton Grove
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people get involved in community and home support in Clifton Grove than in most similar areas. Nearly a quarter of the population volunteers, and a high number of residents provide unpaid care for children and the home.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 23.4% of people helping out, which is far above the New South Wales figure of 13.0%. This rate has risen by 2.6 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
A high 33.6% of residents provide unpaid childcare, well above the national figure of 26.3%. Similarly, 28.2% do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework weekly, though the number of people providing other types of unpaid care has fallen since 2011 to 10.5%.
10.5% ▼ -27.1%
Lower than 80% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 14.4%
- 2016: 9.6%
- 2021: 10.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
33.6% ▲ +6.1%
Higher than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 31.7%
- 2016: 25.7%
- 2021: 33.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.2% ▲ +3.2%
Higher than 83% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 27.4%
- 2016: 20.3%
- 2021: 28.2%
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 3.0% of people in Clifton Grove have served in the Defence Force, which is lower than most similar areas and about the same as the Australian average.
3.0%
Lower than 65% of urban centre 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 Clifton Grove [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL121019/clifton-grove/topic/community