15.0% ▼ -29.0%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.2%
- 2016: 19.4%
- 2021: 15.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Riverhills · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Riverhills
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A significant number of residents in Riverhills now provide unpaid care, with 33.3% looking after children. This stands out as the most striking feature of community life in the area, as it is well above both the state and national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15% of people here volunteer, which is lower than most similar areas. This is roughly the same as the Queensland and Australian figures.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 11.4% of people provide general unpaid care, a much higher 33.3% look after children, which is well above the national figure of 26.3%. Meanwhile, 21.9% do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, a little above the state average.
11.4% ▲ +23.9%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.2%
- 2016: 10.3%
- 2021: 11.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
33.3% ▲ +2.3%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.6%
- 2016: 34.6%
- 2021: 33.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.9% ▲ +0.4%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.8%
- 2016: 20.2%
- 2021: 21.9%
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 more common here than in most similar areas, with 3.5% of the population having served. This is about the same as the figures for Queensland and Australia.
3.5%
Higher than 64% 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 Riverhills [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32438/riverhills/topic/community