12.6% —
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 22.3%
- 2021: 12.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Risdon · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Risdon
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A strong history of military service stands out in Risdon, where 6.3% of people have served in the Defence Force. This is well above the national figure and much higher than most similar areas. However, other forms of community contribution, such as volunteering, are less common here.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 12.6% of people in Risdon volunteer, which is much lower than most areas and well below the Tasmanian figure of 18.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is less common here than in most areas, with only 16.3% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework and 20.0% caring for children unpaid. Both figures are well below the national and state averages. However, the 12.6% of people providing general unpaid care is about the same as the Tasmanian and Australian figures.
12.6% —
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 13.3%
- 2021: 12.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.0% —
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 23.4%
- 2021: 20.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
16.3% —
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 20.7%
- 2021: 16.3%
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 far more common in Risdon than elsewhere, with 6.3% of the population having served in the Defence Force. This is well above the Australian average of 2.8%.
6.3%
Higher than 87% 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 Risdon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60555/risdon/topic/community