24.2% —
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 17.1%
- 2021: 24.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Riverlea · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Riverlea
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly a quarter of people in Riverlea volunteer their time, a rate far above the national figure. This community shows a high level of unpaid contribution, from helping out in the local area to caring for others at home.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 24.2% of people helping out, which is far above the 14.1% national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is a significant part of life in Riverlea, where 15.2% of people provide care and 36.4% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly—both figures are far above the national average. Interestingly, this happens while the number of people caring for children unpaid is well below the national figure of 26.3%.
15.2% —
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 17.1%
- 2021: 15.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
18.2% —
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 22.9%
- 2021: 18.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
36.4% —
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 20.0%
- 2021: 36.4%
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.
Military service is much more common here than elsewhere, with 9.7% of residents having served in the Defence Force, well above the 2.8% national average.
9.7%
Higher than 95% 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 Riverlea [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13381/riverlea/topic/community