19.9% ▲ +0.3%
Higher than 68% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 19.9%
- 2016: 20.2%
- 2021: 19.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Richmond · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Richmond
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Well above the national figure, nearly 20% of people in Richmond (L) (Tas.) volunteer their time. This high level of community involvement is matched by a strong tendency to provide unpaid care and support to others. These figures highlight a local population that is significantly more active in unpaid work than the average Australian.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 19.9% of residents volunteer, which is higher than most similar areas and well above the Australian figure of 14.1%. This level of participation has remained steady since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, with 27.8% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, a figure well above the national average. While 15.1% provide other forms of unpaid care, the proportion of people caring for children unpaid has fallen to 26.0% since 2011.
15.1% ▲ +18.6%
Higher than 78% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 12.7%
- 2016: 12.8%
- 2021: 15.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.0% ▼ -18.5%
Higher than 59% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 31.9%
- 2016: 26.2%
- 2021: 26.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.8% ▲ +3.0%
Higher than 80% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 27.0%
- 2016: 24.7%
- 2021: 27.8%
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 much more common here than in most areas, with 6.0% of residents having served. This is a little above the Tasmanian figure and well above the national average of 2.8%.
6.0%
Higher than 87% 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 Richmond [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL621022/richmond/topic/community