21.7% ▼ -21.1%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.5%
- 2016: 29.7%
- 2021: 21.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Rhyll · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Rhyll
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than one in five people in Rhyll volunteer, making it a place where community contribution is a big part of daily life. This high level of local involvement is far above the national figure, with 21.7% of residents giving their time to others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, at 21.7%. This is well above the 13.3% seen in Victoria and the 14.1% national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While far fewer people provide unpaid childcare than most areas, 15.5% of residents give unpaid care and 26.1% spend 15 or more hours a week on housework, both of which are well above the national figures.
15.5% ▲ +3.3%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.0%
- 2016: 16.0%
- 2021: 15.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
18.8% ▼ -23.8%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.7%
- 2016: 21.4%
- 2021: 18.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.1% ▼ -6.9%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.0%
- 2016: 28.5%
- 2021: 26.1%
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 around the middle for similar areas, with 3.2% of people having served. This is a little above the 2.0% rate in Victoria.
3.2%
Higher than 59% 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 Rhyll [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22164/rhyll/topic/community