23.0% —
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 21.4%
- 2021: 23.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Ranceby · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Ranceby
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly a quarter of people in Ranceby provide unpaid care for others, reflecting a community with very high levels of helping and housework. This spirit extends to the wider town, where volunteering is far more common than in most other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is a standout feature here, with 23.0% of people pitching in, which is well above the 13.3% seen across Victoria.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very common, as 32.8% of people spend 15 or more hours a week on housework, far above the national figure of 20.7%. This is mirrored in the high rates of people providing unpaid care (24.6%) and those caring for children (34.4%).
24.6% —
Higher than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 23.2%
- 2021: 24.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
34.4% —
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 37.5%
- 2021: 34.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
32.8% —
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 39.3%
- 2021: 32.8%
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the 2.8% national average.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Ranceby [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22138/ranceby/topic/community