18.4% ▼ -19.6%
Higher than 59% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 22.9%
- 2016: 21.7%
- 2021: 18.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Clifton · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Clifton
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people have spent time volunteering in Clifton since 2011, though the town remains more active than most of the country. Around 18.4% of residents still volunteer, which is well above the national figure. This suggests a community where local contribution stays common despite a downward trend.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering rates in Clifton fell by 4.5 percentage points since 2011. However, the current rate of 18.4% remains well above the Queensland and national figures of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare has dropped sharply to 21.1%, which is well below the national figure. Meanwhile, the proportion of people providing general unpaid care rose to 13.4% since 2011, a little above the state average.
13.4% ▲ +73.4%
Higher than 53% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 7.7%
- 2016: 9.2%
- 2021: 13.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.1% ▼ -31.9%
Lower than 67% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 31.0%
- 2016: 20.6%
- 2021: 21.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.2% ▲ +2.5%
Lower than 58% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 22.6%
- 2016: 23.2%
- 2021: 23.2%
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.
A much higher share of residents than in most similar areas have served in the Defence Force. At 5.5%, this is a little above the Queensland figure of 3.9% and the Australian figure of 2.8%.
5.5%
Higher than 84% 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 [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL315021/clifton/topic/community