16.7% ▼ -23.4%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.7%
- 2016: 29.3%
- 2021: 16.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Riordanvale · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Riordanvale
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly one in five people in Riordanvale provide unpaid childcare, though this is well below the figures for Queensland and Australia. While many residents contribute through home duties, a small number of people provide unpaid care for others. The area shows a moderate level of community involvement and military service.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16.7% of people here volunteer, which is a little above the 14.1% recorded for both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Only 5.7% of residents provide unpaid care, a figure well below the national average of 11.9%. Unpaid childcare is also much lower than most areas at 19.5%, while 22% of people do 15 or more hours of housework a week.
5.7% ▼ -35.4%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.8%
- 2016: 10.4%
- 2021: 5.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
19.5% ▼ -43.6%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.6%
- 2016: 28.9%
- 2021: 19.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.0% ▼ -28.9%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.0%
- 2016: 24.9%
- 2021: 22.0%
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 Force veterans make up 2.2% of the population, which is a little below the Queensland figure and about the same as the Australian average.
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 Riordanvale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32432/riordanvale/topic/community