8.2% ▼ -37.9%
Lower than 90% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 13.2%
- 2016: 12.8%
- 2021: 8.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Riverview · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Community Participation in Riverview
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A high rate of unpaid care is a defining feature of Riverview, where 15.4% of people provide this support. While the area sees a high number of carers, it has a very low rate of volunteering compared to other Australian suburbs.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 8.2% of people in Riverview volunteer, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%. This level of community involvement has fallen by 5.0 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for others is common here, with 15.4% of people providing support, which is well above the 11.9% national average. However, the share of people doing unpaid childcare (20.2%) and housework (18.4%) is much lower than in most other areas.
15.4% ▲ +36.6%
Higher than 97% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 11.3%
- 2016: 12.2%
- 2021: 15.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.2% ▼ -18.9%
Lower than 86% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 24.9%
- 2016: 23.5%
- 2021: 20.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.4% ▼ -6.0%
Lower than 75% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 19.6%
- 2016: 18.6%
- 2021: 18.4%
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 4.0% of the population. This is much higher than in most similar areas and a little above the Australian average of 2.8%.
4.0%
Higher than 77% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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 Riverview [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/310031295/riverview/topic/community