18.5% ▼ -21.4%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.5%
- 2016: 23.0%
- 2021: 18.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Invergordon · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Invergordon
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 16% of people in Invergordon provide unpaid care, a figure that is much higher than most similar areas. This level of community support is a key feature of the area, alongside a strong volunteering rate that sits well above the national average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 18.5% of people pitching in, which is well above both the Victorian figure of 13.3% and the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Providing unpaid care is more frequent than usual, with 15.9% of residents helping out, well above the national figure of 11.9%. Around 24.9% do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework a week, while 26.5% care for children unpaid, which is about the same as across Australia.
15.9% ▲ +51.9%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.4%
- 2016: 13.0%
- 2021: 15.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.5% ▼ -13.4%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.6%
- 2016: 28.2%
- 2021: 26.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.9% ▼ -12.6%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.5%
- 2016: 26.7%
- 2021: 24.9%
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 2.8% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the national figure.
2.8%
Higher than 53% 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 Invergordon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21233/invergordon/topic/community