19.0% ▼ -16.2%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.7%
- 2016: 22.8%
- 2021: 19.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Richmond · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Richmond
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Daily life in Richmond (Tas.) involves a high level of unpaid support for others and community service. Much more than the national figure, 15.4% of residents provide unpaid care, and others contribute heavily through volunteering and military service.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 19.0% of people helping out. This is a little above the Tasmanian figure and well above the national average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
A high number of residents handle unpaid work, with 27.9% doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, which is well above the national figure. This aligns with the fact that 15.4% provide unpaid care and 27.3% care for children unpaid, both of which are higher than most areas.
15.4% ▲ +15.9%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.3%
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 15.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.3% ▼ -11.2%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.7%
- 2016: 28.0%
- 2021: 27.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.9% ▼ -0.1%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.9%
- 2016: 27.1%
- 2021: 27.9%
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.
Military service is much more common here than in most areas. About 5.5% of people have served in the Defence Force, which is a little above both the state and national figures.
5.5%
Higher than 85% 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 Richmond [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60551/richmond/topic/community