19.7% ▼ -27.5%
Higher than 67% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 27.2%
- 2016: 26.3%
- 2021: 19.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Clunes · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Clunes
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly one in five people in Clunes (L) (Vic.) volunteer, a rate well above the national figure. This community shows a strong commitment to helping others through unpaid work and care. However, the number of volunteers has fallen from 27.2% in 2011 to 19.7% recently.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 19.7% of residents helping out, which is well above the Victorian rate of 13.3%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is very common, as 18.0% of people provide care and 29.5% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, both well above the national figures. In contrast, the 20.9% of people caring for children unpaid is well below the national average of 26.3%.
18.0% ▲ +34.4%
Higher than 94% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 13.4%
- 2016: 15.7%
- 2021: 18.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.9% ▼ -26.0%
Lower than 68% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 28.2%
- 2016: 22.0%
- 2021: 20.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
29.5% ▲ +5.5%
Higher than 88% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 28.0%
- 2016: 29.4%
- 2021: 29.5%
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 around the middle for similar areas, with 3.5% of people having served, which is a little above the 2.0% seen across Victoria.
3.5%
Lower than 52% 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 Clunes [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL221019/clunes/topic/community