9.7% ▼ -23.4%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.6%
- 2016: 15.4%
- 2021: 9.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Ruse · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Ruse
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Daily life in Ruse involves a high amount of unpaid family support, though formal volunteering is less common. Around 27.4% of people provide unpaid childcare, which is higher than most other areas. This focus on home-based support stands in contrast to the low number of people volunteering for community organisations.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 9.7% of people in Ruse volunteer, a figure that is well below both the New South Wales and national averages. This is much lower than most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Caregiving is common here, with 12.7% of people providing unpaid care and 22.9% doing 15 or more hours of housework. Both figures are a little above the state and national averages, particularly for childcare, where 27.4% of residents help out.
12.7% ▼ -1.3%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.9%
- 2016: 13.6%
- 2021: 12.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.4% ▼ -13.4%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.7%
- 2016: 32.9%
- 2021: 27.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.9% ▼ -3.9%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.8%
- 2016: 22.4%
- 2021: 22.9%
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 typical for the region, with 2.6% of people having served in the Defence Force. This is about the same as the figures for New South Wales and Australia.
2.6%
Lower than 52% 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 Ruse [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13458/ruse/topic/community