13.3% ▲ +10.7%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.0%
- 2016: 13.5%
- 2021: 13.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Rivervale · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Rivervale
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Participation in unpaid work and volunteering has remained low in Rivervale over the last decade. Only 13.3% of residents volunteer their time, and the area sees far fewer people providing unpaid care compared to the rest of the state.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Just 13.3% of people in Rivervale volunteer, which is much lower than most similar areas and a little below the Western Australian figure of 15.9%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is less common here than elsewhere, with only 8.7% of people providing care and 14.1% doing 15 or more hours of housework. This is well below the national figure for housework, which is 20.7%.
8.7% ▲ +11.0%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.9%
- 2016: 7.6%
- 2021: 8.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.1% ▲ +7.0%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.7%
- 2016: 19.0%
- 2021: 21.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
14.1% ▼ -8.1%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.4%
- 2016: 13.3%
- 2021: 14.1%
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 2.2% of residents have served in the Defence Force, a figure that is about the same as both the state and national averages.
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 Rivervale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51299/rivervale/topic/community