19.8% ▼ -10.5%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.1%
- 2016: 24.9%
- 2021: 19.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Riverside · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Riverside
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly one in five people in Riverside volunteer their time, a figure well above the national average. This high level of community spirit is paired with a strong presence of former Defence Force members and a high rate of unpaid childcare.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 19.8% of people helping out. This is a little above the Tasmania figure of 18.0% and well above the 14.1% seen across Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Childcare is a significant unpaid commitment for 29.0% of residents, which is well above the state average. Other forms of unpaid work are more typical, with 12.0% providing general care and 22.0% doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly.
12.0% ▲ +3.7%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.6%
- 2016: 12.1%
- 2021: 12.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.0% ▼ -4.4%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.4%
- 2016: 28.7%
- 2021: 29.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.0% ▼ -11.2%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.8%
- 2016: 23.9%
- 2021: 22.0%
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.
Defence service is more common here than in most other areas. About 3.7% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the Tasmania figure of 4.0%.
3.7%
Higher than 68% 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 Riverside [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60557/riverside/topic/community