12.6% ▼ -40.6%
Lower than 79% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 21.2%
- 2016: 17.2%
- 2021: 12.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
River Heads · Urban Centre
Community Participation in River Heads
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far fewer people care for children in River Heads compared to the rest of the state, yet unpaid care for others is much more common. While child care rates are well below the national figure, the area sees high levels of people providing general unpaid care and housework.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 12.6% of residents volunteer, which is much lower than most similar areas. This figure has fallen by 8.6 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While child care rates are well below the national figure at 17.9%, other forms of unpaid work are common. About 27.1% of people do 15 or more hours of housework, and those providing unpaid care rose to 15.4% since 2011, which is well above the national average.
15.4% ▲ +65.1%
Higher than 80% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 9.3%
- 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.
17.9% ▼ -12.6%
Lower than 82% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 20.5%
- 2016: 27.5%
- 2021: 17.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.1% ▲ +0.6%
Higher than 75% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 26.9%
- 2016: 22.9%
- 2021: 27.1%
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 the population has served in the Defence Force than in most similar areas. At 6.7%, this is well above the Australian figure of 2.8%.
6.7%
Higher than 91% of urban centre 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 River Heads [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL315084/river-heads/topic/community