25.9% ▼ -5.9%
Higher than 82% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 27.5%
- 2016: 31.8%
- 2021: 25.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Ravensthorpe · Council (LGA)
Community Participation in Ravensthorpe
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher rates of volunteering than most areas define Ravensthorpe, where 25.9% of people give their time to help others. This level of community involvement is far above the national figure. While volunteerism is strong, other forms of unpaid care and service are more in line with typical Australian patterns.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
One in four residents volunteers here, a figure that is well above the Western Australian rate of 15.9%. This represents a high level of engagement, even though the proportion of volunteers fell slightly by 1.6 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care varies across the community; 22.3% of people do 15 or more hours of housework a week, which is a little above the national figure. However, those providing unpaid care for others are much lower than in most areas, at just 9.5%.
9.5% ▲ +29.7%
Lower than 80% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 7.4%
- 2016: 7.5%
- 2021: 9.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.0% ▼ -9.9%
Higher than 52% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 27.7%
- 2016: 23.1%
- 2021: 25.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.3% ▼ -12.4%
Higher than 52% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 25.4%
- 2016: 24.9%
- 2021: 22.3%
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.
About 3% of the population has served in the Defence Force. This is about the same as the figures for both Western Australia and the rest of the country.
3.0%
Lower than 51% of council (lga) 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 Ravensthorpe [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA57420/ravensthorpe/topic/community