18.6% ▼ -25.3%
Higher than 76% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 24.9%
- 2016: 24.5%
- 2021: 18.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Inverell Surrounds - East · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Community Participation in Inverell Surrounds - East
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than five times as many people in Inverell Surrounds - East volunteer compared to the national figure. While a high number of residents contribute their time to the community, those providing unpaid care and housework also play a significant role in daily local life.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is much more common here than in most areas, with 18.6% of people helping out. This is well above the New South Wales figure of 13.0%, though the rate has fallen 6.3 points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is very high, with 15.3% of people providing such support, a figure well above the national average. This sits alongside a high rate of people doing 15 or more hours of housework, while those caring for children unpaid (24.1%) are a little below the state average.
15.3% ▲ +13.9%
Higher than 96% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 13.4%
- 2016: 13.7%
- 2021: 15.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.1% ▼ -10.5%
Lower than 65% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 26.9%
- 2016: 24.4%
- 2021: 24.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.1% ▼ -17.6%
Higher than 76% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 29.2%
- 2016: 24.2%
- 2021: 24.1%
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 2.7% of the population have served in the Defence Force. This is about the same as both the New South Wales figure of 2.3% and the national figure of 2.8%.
2.7%
Lower than 53% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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 Inverell Surrounds - East [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/110021192/inverell-surrounds-east/topic/community