26.9% ▼ -21.0%
Higher than 91% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 34.1%
- 2016: 39.4%
- 2021: 26.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Clarendon · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Clarendon
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A far higher share of people volunteer in Clarendon than in the rest of Australia, with 26.9% of residents giving their time. This strong local commitment to helping others defines the community, although the volunteering rate has fallen by 7.2 percentage points since 2011.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here; at 26.9%, the rate is well above the South Australian figure of 17.0% and far above the national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
More people do heavy unpaid housework here than in most areas, with 26.3% spending 15 or more hours a week on it. Unpaid care for others is also a little above the national figure, while 25.1% of residents provide unpaid childcare.
14.4% ▲ +4.2%
Higher than 69% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 13.8%
- 2016: 8.1%
- 2021: 14.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.1% ▲ +32.4%
Higher than 54% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 19.0%
- 2016: 31.7%
- 2021: 25.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.3% ▼ -15.1%
Higher than 70% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 31.0%
- 2016: 21.6%
- 2021: 26.3%
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.
Defence service is much more common here than in most similar areas, with 5.5% of people having served in the Defence Force.
5.5%
Higher than 83% 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 Clarendon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL422014/clarendon/topic/community