10.0% ▼ -23.1%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.0%
- 2016: 15.1%
- 2021: 10.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Riverstone · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Riverstone
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement in Riverstone has shifted over the last decade, with a strong focus on family duties. While 32.6% of residents provide unpaid childcare—a figure well above the national average—volunteer rates are notably low for the area.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 10.0% of people in Riverstone volunteer, which is much lower than most similar areas and well below the 14.1% national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
The area has a high number of parents and guardians, with 32.6% of people caring for children unpaid, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 25.3%. Meanwhile, 22.8% do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, and 10.5% provide other unpaid care, which is a little below the national average.
10.5% ▼ -12.9%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.0%
- 2016: 11.0%
- 2021: 10.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
32.6% ▲ +5.3%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.0%
- 2016: 30.2%
- 2021: 32.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.8% ▼ -2.7%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.4%
- 2016: 19.7%
- 2021: 22.8%
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.
Defence service is less common here than in other areas, with 1.5% of residents having served, which is a little below the 2.8% seen across Australia.
1.5%
Lower than 63% 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 Riverstone [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13383/riverstone/topic/community