25.8% ▼ -25.1%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.5%
- 2016: 31.3%
- 2021: 25.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Main Ridge · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Main Ridge
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A striking 25.8% of people in Main Ridge volunteer, which is far above the national figure. This high level of community spirit defines the local area, where residents are much more likely to give their time than people in most other parts of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About one quarter of the population volunteers, a rate that is 12 percentage points higher than both the Victorian and Australian averages.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 14.5% of people providing care and 29.2% doing over 15 hours of housework weekly, which is well above the state and national figures. In contrast, the proportion of people caring for children unpaid is 21.1%, well below the national average of 26.3%.
14.5% ▲ +1.2%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.3%
- 2016: 15.1%
- 2021: 14.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.1% ▼ -40.6%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.6%
- 2016: 24.4%
- 2021: 21.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
29.2% ▼ -11.6%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.1%
- 2016: 31.0%
- 2021: 29.2%
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 1.0% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is lower than most areas and a little below the Australian average of 2.8%.
1.0%
Lower than 67% 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 Main Ridge [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21578/main-ridge/topic/community