22.4% ▼ -22.6%
Higher than 89% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 29.0%
- 2016: 28.8%
- 2021: 22.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Inverell Surrounds - West · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Community Participation in Inverell Surrounds - West
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Volunteer rates have dropped by 6.5 percentage points since 2011 in Inverell Surrounds - West, though they remain very high. Now, 22.4% of people volunteer, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%. This shows a strong local commitment to community work despite the recent decline.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 22.4% of residents volunteer here, a figure that is much higher than most similar areas and well above the New South Wales rate of 13.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common, with 25.1% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework, which is much higher than most areas. While 13.7% provide some form of unpaid care, the 21.1% who care for children unpaid is well below the national figure of 26.3%.
13.7% ▼ -6.5%
Higher than 76% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 14.6%
- 2016: 13.0%
- 2021: 13.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.1% ▼ -19.1%
Lower than 82% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 26.1%
- 2016: 23.7%
- 2021: 21.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.1% ▼ -14.5%
Higher than 82% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 29.3%
- 2016: 26.5%
- 2021: 25.1%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 2.8% of the population, which is about the same as the Australian average.
2.8%
Lower than 52% 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 - West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/110021193/inverell-surrounds-west/topic/community