7.8% ▼ -10.4%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.7%
- 2016: 9.4%
- 2021: 7.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Risdon Vale · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Risdon Vale
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly one quarter of people in Risdon Vale provide unpaid childcare, which is the most common form of community work here. While many help out at home, the area has a very low rate of formal volunteering compared to the rest of the state.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 7.8% of people volunteer, a figure that is far below the Tasmanian average of 18.0% and among the lowest for similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is less common here than usual, with only 14.9% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework. This is well below the national figure of 20.7%.
10.1% ▼ -2.2%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.3%
- 2016: 10.5%
- 2021: 10.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.2% ▼ -0.6%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.4%
- 2016: 24.9%
- 2021: 24.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
14.9% ▼ -28.8%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.9%
- 2016: 17.9%
- 2021: 14.9%
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.
A higher proportion of residents have served in the Defence Force than in most areas, with 3.7% of the population having served.
3.7%
Higher than 67% 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 Vale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60556/risdon-vale/topic/community