19.1% ▼ -27.3%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.3%
- 2016: 23.4%
- 2021: 19.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Inglewood · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Inglewood
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Almost one in five people in Inglewood volunteer their time, showing a strong local commitment to community work. This level of participation is well above the figures for both Victoria and Australia, making it a defining feature of daily life here.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 19.1% of residents volunteer, which is well above the 13.3% seen across Victoria and the 14.1% national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Far fewer people provide unpaid childcare here than in most other areas, at only 19.0%. Meanwhile, 13.2% of residents provide some form of unpaid care, which is about the same as the state average.
13.2% ▼ -8.6%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.4%
- 2016: 12.6%
- 2021: 13.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
19.0% ▲ +1.0%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.8%
- 2016: 19.8%
- 2021: 19.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.1% ▼ -20.9%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.9%
- 2016: 24.2%
- 2021: 22.1%
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.
A much higher proportion of the population has served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, with 4.8% of residents being veterans. This is a little above both the Victorian figure of 2.0% and the Australian figure of 2.8%.
4.8%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality 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 Inglewood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21231/inglewood/topic/community