25.9% ▼ -40.9%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 43.8%
- 2016: 37.8%
- 2021: 25.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Riverside · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Riverside
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 26% of people in Riverside volunteer, a figure far above the national average. This high level of community spirit is matched by a strong trend of residents taking on unpaid work and care roles within their own homes.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 25.9% of residents helping out. This is far above the Victorian rate of 13.3% and the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is more frequent than in most areas, including 26.3% who do 15 or more hours of housework weekly. A little above the national figure, 29.0% care for children unpaid, while 14.7% provide other unpaid care.
14.7% ▼ -4.8%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.5%
- 2016: 19.8%
- 2021: 14.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.0% ▼ -0.7%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.2%
- 2016: 31.3%
- 2021: 29.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.3% ▼ -18.2%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.2%
- 2016: 26.7%
- 2021: 26.3%
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 2.2% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the 2.0% seen across Victoria.
2.2%
Lower than 57% 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 Riverside [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22180/riverside/topic/community