20.6% ▲ +4.5%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.7%
- 2016: 23.1%
- 2021: 20.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Riverton · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Riverton
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than one in five people in Riverton volunteer, a rate well above the national figure. This community shows a strong commitment to unpaid work, particularly when it comes to caring for children.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 20.6% of residents volunteer, which is higher than most areas and well above the 14.1% seen across Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid child care is very common here, with 32.9% of people providing this support, a figure well above the national 26.3%. While 22.7% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, only 10.7% provide other unpaid care, which is lower than most areas.
10.7% ▼ -5.7%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.3%
- 2016: 11.0%
- 2021: 10.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
32.9% ▲ +18.0%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.8%
- 2016: 29.3%
- 2021: 32.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.7% ▲ +0.6%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.5%
- 2016: 21.7%
- 2021: 22.7%
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 2.4% of the population have served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the figures for both Western Australia and Australia.
2.4%
Lower than 54% 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 Riverton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51298/riverton/topic/community