23.2% ▲ +64.3%
Higher than 83% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 14.1%
- 2016: 14.9%
- 2021: 23.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Inverleigh · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Inverleigh
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Volunteer rates have jumped by 9.1 percentage points since 2011 in Inverleigh, where 23.2% of people now give their time to others. This high level of community spirit is paired with a strong tendency for residents to take on unpaid care and housework roles.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Nearly a quarter of the population volunteers, which is well above the Victorian figure of 13.3% and much higher than most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, with 30.1% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, a figure far above the state average. While 16.6% provide unpaid care—well above the national figure—the proportion of people caring for children unpaid fell 11 points since 2011 to 32.8%.
16.6% ▲ +74.3%
Higher than 89% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 9.5%
- 2016: 12.6%
- 2021: 16.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
32.8% ▼ -25.7%
Higher than 84% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 44.1%
- 2016: 39.7%
- 2021: 32.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
30.1% ▲ +5.9%
Higher than 90% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 28.5%
- 2016: 25.2%
- 2021: 30.1%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 2.5% of the population, which is much lower than most similar areas and about the same as the state and national figures.
2.5%
Lower than 78% 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 Inverleigh [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL221036/inverleigh/topic/community