10.3% —
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Riverbend · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Riverbend
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A stark gap exists between the low number of volunteers and the high level of family care in Riverbend. While only 10.3% of people volunteer, more than 32% provide unpaid childcare, which is well above the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 10.3% of residents volunteer, a figure that is well below the 14.1% recorded for both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 13.9% of people providing care and 32.3% looking after children, which is well above the national average. In contrast, the 19.8% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework is much lower than most areas.
13.9% —
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
32.3% —
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.8% —
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
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 4.2% of the population served in the Defence Force, which is higher than most areas and a little above the Australian figure of 2.8%.
4.2%
Higher than 73% 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 Riverbend [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32437/riverbend/topic/community