22.6% ▼ -4.9%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.8%
- 2016: 27.3%
- 2021: 22.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
The Ridgeway · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in The Ridgeway
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people provide unpaid care in The Ridgeway than in most other areas. This community shows a strong commitment to supporting others, with a high number of volunteers and a significant presence of former Defence Force members. It is a place where giving time to others is much more common than the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 22.6% of people helping out. This is well above the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Providing unpaid care is very frequent here at 21.9%, which is far above the national figure of 11.9%. While 26.0% of residents do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, the 20.5% who care for children unpaid is well below the Australian average of 26.3%.
21.9% ▲ +63.8%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.4%
- 2016: 15.4%
- 2021: 21.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.5% ▼ -15.5%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.3%
- 2016: 25.9%
- 2021: 20.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.0% ▼ -21.4%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.1%
- 2016: 23.1%
- 2021: 26.0%
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 more common in The Ridgeway than most similar areas. About 7.6% of people have served, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 2.3%.
7.6%
Higher than 90% 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 The Ridgeway [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13852/the-ridgeway/topic/community