10.9% ▼ -20.7%
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.7%
- 2016: 16.5%
- 2021: 10.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Richardson · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Richardson
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Family responsibilities dominate the social landscape of Richardson, where 31% of people provide unpaid child care. While the area has a higher rate of former defence force members than most, community volunteering is notably low compared to the rest of the territory.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 10.9% of residents volunteer, a figure that is well below the Australian Capital Territory's 18.4% and much lower than most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid child care is common here, with 31% of people providing it, which is well above the national figure of 26.3%. Meanwhile, 12.4% of residents provide some form of unpaid care, which is about the same as the Australian average.
12.4% ▲ +12.8%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.9%
- 2016: 11.6%
- 2021: 12.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
31.0% ▲ +6.0%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.3%
- 2016: 32.0%
- 2021: 31.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.0% ▼ -8.8%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.9%
- 2016: 19.6%
- 2021: 19.0%
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 in Richardson than in most areas, with 3.9% of people having served, which is a little above the national rate of 2.8%.
3.9%
Higher than 70% 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 Richardson [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80114/richardson/topic/community