28.0% ▼ -17.9%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.1%
- 2016: 24.8%
- 2021: 28.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Rileys Hill · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Rileys Hill
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A huge 28% of people volunteer in Rileys Hill, a figure far above the national average. This community shows a strong commitment to unpaid work, with many residents stepping up to help others and manage their homes.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 28% of residents giving their time. This is far above the 14.1% seen across Australia and the 13% figure for New South Wales.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is much more frequent than in most areas, with 34.3% of people caring for children and 32.9% doing over 15 hours of housework weekly. These figures are well above the state and national levels. Meanwhile, 13.3% provide general unpaid care, which is a little above the national figure.
13.3% ▲ +45.3%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.1%
- 2016: 14.1%
- 2021: 13.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
34.3% ▲ +9.0%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.4%
- 2016: 26.2%
- 2021: 34.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
32.9% ▼ -3.6%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.1%
- 2016: 31.5%
- 2021: 32.9%
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.
About 2.1% of the population has served in the Defence Force. This is about the same as the 2.3% for New South Wales and the 2.8% national average.
2.1%
Lower than 58% 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 Rileys Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13379/rileys-hill/topic/community