13.3% ▼ -18.2%
Lower than 75% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 16.2%
- 2016: 19.6%
- 2021: 13.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Inverell · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Inverell
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly a quarter of people in Inverell provide unpaid childcare, making it the most common form of community contribution here. While many residents give their time to others, the proportion of people volunteering has dropped since 2011. This reflects a broader shift in how people spend their spare time across the region.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 13.3% of people in Inverell volunteer, which is much lower than most similar areas. This figure is roughly the same as the national average, though it has fallen by 2.9 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is the most frequent activity at 23.8%, though this is down 15 percentage points since 2011. At the same time, the share of people providing some form of unpaid care rose slightly to 12.4%, while those doing over 15 hours of housework fell to 20.0%.
12.4% ▲ +11.5%
Lower than 62% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 11.1%
- 2016: 12.3%
- 2021: 12.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.8% ▼ -38.1%
Lower than 53% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 38.4%
- 2016: 26.2%
- 2021: 23.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.0% ▼ -28.8%
Lower than 81% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 28.1%
- 2016: 22.9%
- 2021: 20.0%
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 less common here than in most similar areas, with 2.8% of the population having served. This is about the same as the figures for both New South Wales and Australia.
2.8%
Lower than 69% of urban centre 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 Inverell [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL114015/inverell/topic/community