17.7% ▼ -27.0%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.3%
- 2016: 26.1%
- 2021: 17.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Invermay Park · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Invermay Park
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than 18% of people in Invermay Park provide unpaid care, a figure well above the national average. This community is active in both formal volunteering and supporting others in the home. It shows a strong trend of residents giving their time to help others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 17.7% of residents pitching in, which is well above the 14.1% national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is very common, as 18.1% of people provide care and 23.9% do at least 15 hours of housework weekly, both well above the national figures. This happens despite the fact that the 23% who care for children unpaid is well below the Australian average of 26.3%.
18.1% ▲ +30.3%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.9%
- 2016: 15.5%
- 2021: 18.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.0% ▼ -36.8%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.4%
- 2016: 31.0%
- 2021: 23.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.9% ▼ -10.8%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.8%
- 2016: 25.8%
- 2021: 23.9%
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 2.7% of people in the area have served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the 2.8% seen across Australia.
2.7%
Higher than 51% 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 Invermay Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21237/invermay-park/topic/community