16.7% ▼ -18.9%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.5%
- 2016: 31.0%
- 2021: 16.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Inverlaw · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Inverlaw
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than 33% of people provide unpaid childcare in Inverlaw, which is well above the national figure. This community shows high levels of unpaid work and a strong history of military service. Residents are generally active in helping others, both in the home and through volunteering.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16.7% of residents volunteer their time, which is a little above the Queensland and Australian figures of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, with 28.5% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, well above the national figure of 20.7%. This aligns with the high rate of unpaid childcare, which is well above the national average at 33.3%.
12.5% ▼ -9.2%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.8%
- 2016: 14.6%
- 2021: 12.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
33.3% ▼ -3.9%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.7%
- 2016: 27.5%
- 2021: 33.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.5% ▼ -15.7%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.8%
- 2016: 25.1%
- 2021: 28.5%
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.
Defence service is much more common than in most areas, with 6.4% of people having served, a figure well above the Australian average of 2.8%.
6.4%
Higher than 88% 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 Inverlaw [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31403/inverlaw/topic/community