11.2% ▼ -7.4%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.1%
- 2016: 13.8%
- 2021: 11.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Ramsgate · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Ramsgate
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A little over 11% of people volunteer in Ramsgate, which is a lower rate than the national figure. While few residents do housework or child care, more people here provide unpaid care for others than in most similar areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is less common here than in most other areas. Only 11.2% of people volunteer, which is a little below the 13% seen across New South Wales.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for others is more common here than in most areas, with 13.9% of people providing support. However, those caring for children (22%) and doing heavy housework (18.7%) are well below the national figures.
13.9% ▲ +21.9%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.4%
- 2016: 13.0%
- 2021: 13.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.0% ▼ -11.8%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.9%
- 2016: 26.6%
- 2021: 22.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.7% ▼ -4.0%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.4%
- 2016: 16.2%
- 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.
Only 1.5% of people in Ramsgate have served in the Defence Force. This is lower than most areas and a little below the Australian average of 2.8%.
1.5%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality 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 Ramsgate [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13322/ramsgate/topic/community