7.1% ▼ -26.8%
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.7%
- 2016: 11.3%
- 2021: 7.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Riverwood · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Riverwood
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Low levels of unpaid work and volunteering shape daily life in Riverwood. Only 7.1% of residents volunteer, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteer rates are among the lowest for similar areas, sitting at 7.1%. This is well below both the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much lower here than in most areas. For example, only 19.7% of people provide unpaid childcare, which is well below the 26.3% seen across Australia.
10.0% ▼ -7.2%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.7%
- 2016: 11.3%
- 2021: 10.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
19.7% ▼ -9.0%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.7%
- 2016: 22.2%
- 2021: 19.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
17.8% ▲ +3.5%
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.2%
- 2016: 16.8%
- 2021: 17.8%
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.
The proportion of people who served in the Defence Force is 0.8%. This is lower than most areas and sits a little below the national figure of 2.8%.
0.8%
Lower than 69% 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 Riverwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13386/riverwood/topic/community