21.4% ▼ -7.2%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.0%
- 2016: 33.7%
- 2021: 21.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Inverness · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Inverness
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher levels of community involvement define Inverness than in most similar areas. A striking 21.4% of the population volunteers, which is well above the national figure. This spirit of contribution extends into the home, where residents provide significantly more unpaid care and housework than the typical Australian.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 21.4% of people pitching in, a figure well above the 14.1% seen across Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is a major part of life in Inverness, where 37.3% of people care for children—far above the national figure of 26.3%. This is consistent with other high rates of home support, including 26% doing 15 or more hours of housework and 14.2% providing other unpaid care.
14.2% ▲ +20.6%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.7%
- 2016: 10.3%
- 2021: 14.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
37.3% ▲ +53.1%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.3%
- 2016: 23.9%
- 2021: 37.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.0% ▲ +8.3%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.0%
- 2016: 22.0%
- 2021: 26.0%
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 more common here than in most similar areas, with 4.1% of residents having served, which is a little above the Australian figure of 2.8%.
4.1%
Higher than 73% 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 Inverness [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31404/inverness/topic/community