17.0% ▼ -26.2%
Higher than 68% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 23.0%
- 2016: 24.2%
- 2021: 17.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Ringwood North · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Community Participation in Ringwood North
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Volunteer rates in Ringwood North have fallen by 6.0 percentage points since 2011, yet the area remains more active than most. While the 17.0% of residents who volunteer is lower than a decade ago, it is still well above the Victorian average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 17.0% of people here volunteer, which is higher than most areas and well above the Victorian figure of 13.3%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very common here, with 31.8% of people caring for children, a figure well above the national average. This is seen alongside a high rate of people providing other unpaid care (16.1%) and 23.6% who do at least 15 hours of housework weekly.
16.1% ▲ +33.3%
Higher than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 12.1%
- 2016: 13.6%
- 2021: 16.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
31.8% ▲ +0.2%
Higher than 84% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 31.8%
- 2016: 33.3%
- 2021: 31.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.6% ▼ -3.6%
Higher than 73% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 24.5%
- 2016: 23.5%
- 2021: 23.6%
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 less common here than in most similar areas, with 2.2% of residents having served, which is about the same as the state and national figures.
2.2%
Lower than 67% 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 North [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/211031268/ringwood-north/topic/community