23.5% ▼ -31.7%
Higher than 75% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 34.4%
- 2016: 28.7%
- 2021: 23.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Richmond · Council (LGA)
Community Participation in Richmond
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people volunteer in Richmond than in most other similar areas, with 23.5% of residents giving their time. This is well above the national figure, although the rate of volunteering has fallen since 2011. Other forms of community and home support are less common here than in other parts of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Almost a quarter of residents in Richmond volunteer, which is 9.4 percentage points higher than both the Queensland and Australian averages. This represents a significant drop from 2011, when 34.4% of the community volunteered.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is less common here than in most areas; only 8.3% of people provide unpaid care, which is well below the national figure of 11.9%. Similarly, those caring for children unpaid (22.8%) and those doing over 15 hours of housework (20.2%) are both lower than the state and national averages.
8.3% ▼ -15.8%
Lower than 87% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 9.8%
- 2016: 7.2%
- 2021: 8.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.8% ▼ -9.2%
Lower than 68% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 25.2%
- 2016: 24.5%
- 2021: 22.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.2% ▼ -5.8%
Lower than 66% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 21.4%
- 2016: 20.2%
- 2021: 20.2%
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.
Very few people in Richmond have served in the Defence Force, at just 1.5%. This is much lower than most similar areas and a little below the Australian average of 2.8%.
1.5%
Lower than 89% of council (lga) 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 Richmond [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA36300/richmond/topic/community