13.9% ▼ -23.2%
Lower than 55% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 18.1%
- 2016: 20.2%
- 2021: 13.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Ringwood · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Community Participation in Ringwood
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A decline in volunteering marks the biggest change in Ringwood since 2011. While 13.9% of the community still gives their time to others, this is 4.2 percentage points lower than it was a decade ago. The area now matches state and national patterns for community involvement.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering rates in Ringwood are around the middle for similar areas. At 13.9%, the figure is about the same as the Victorian average of 13.3% and the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
More people in Ringwood provide unpaid childcare than in most other areas, with 27.5% doing so. Meanwhile, 12.5% provide other types of unpaid care, which is about the same as the state and national figures.
12.5% ▲ +13.6%
Higher than 53% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 11.0%
- 2016: 11.7%
- 2021: 12.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.5% ▲ +0.2%
Higher than 59% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 27.4%
- 2016: 28.6%
- 2021: 27.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.7% ▼ -13.6%
Lower than 73% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 21.6%
- 2016: 18.9%
- 2021: 18.7%
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 1.9% of people in Ringwood have served in the Defence Force. This is lower than most other areas and sits slightly below the national figure of 2.8%.
1.9%
Lower than 74% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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 Ringwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/211031266/ringwood/topic/community