19.3% ▼ -11.6%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.8%
- 2016: 27.1%
- 2021: 19.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Ravenswood · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Ravenswood
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Giving their time to others is a common part of life in Ravenswood, where nearly 20% of residents volunteer. This community spirit extends to the home, with a much higher share of people providing unpaid care compared to most other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 19.3% of people in Ravenswood volunteer, which is well above the 13.3% seen across Victoria and the 14.1% national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Providing unpaid care is very common here, with 17.7% of people helping others, well above the national figure of 11.9%. This is consistent with a much higher share of residents—30.3%—spending 15 or more hours a week on unpaid housework.
17.7% ▲ +30.6%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.5%
- 2016: 16.5%
- 2021: 17.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.3% ▼ -22.2%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.6%
- 2016: 33.0%
- 2021: 25.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
30.3% ▲ +6.0%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.6%
- 2016: 31.3%
- 2021: 30.3%
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.
A higher number of people have served in the Defence Force here than in most similar areas, with 4.7% of residents having served, which is a little above the 2.8% national average.
4.7%
Higher than 78% 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 Ravenswood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22142/ravenswood/topic/community