8.2% ▼ -37.9%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.2%
- 2016: 12.8%
- 2021: 8.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Riverview · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Riverview
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people provide unpaid care in Riverview than in most similar areas, with 15.4% of residents stepping up to help others. While this shows a strong tendency to care for others at home, formal volunteering is much lower than the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 8.2% of people here volunteer, which is well below the Queensland and Australian average of 14.1%. This is among the lowest rates for areas of this type.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 15.4% of residents provide unpaid care—well above the national figure of 11.9%—this does not include child care, where Riverview's 20.2% is well below the Australian average of 26.3%. Similarly, the 18.4% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework is a little below the national figure.
15.4% ▲ +35.2%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.4%
- 2016: 12.2%
- 2021: 15.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.2% ▼ -18.9%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.9%
- 2016: 23.5%
- 2021: 20.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.4% ▼ -6.2%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.6%
- 2016: 18.6%
- 2021: 18.4%
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.
A higher than usual 4% of the population has served in the Defence Force. This is a little above the Australian average of 2.8% and about the same as the Queensland figure.
4.0%
Higher than 72% 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 Riverview [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32442/riverview/topic/community