13.7% ▼ -24.1%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.1%
- 2016: 20.0%
- 2021: 13.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Ringwood · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Ringwood
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
About 27.2% of people in Ringwood provide unpaid childcare, which is higher than in most similar areas. This is the most common form of community contribution in the area, while other activities like volunteering and defence service are less frequent.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is less common here than in most other areas, with 13.7% of residents helping out, a figure that is about the same as the Victorian and national rates.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 12.3% of people provide some form of unpaid care, only 18.5% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, which is much lower than in most other areas.
12.3% ▲ +12.6%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.0%
- 2016: 11.5%
- 2021: 12.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.2% ▼ -0.8%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.4%
- 2016: 28.4%
- 2021: 27.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.5% ▼ -14.7%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.6%
- 2016: 18.7%
- 2021: 18.5%
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 less common in Ringwood than in most areas, with 1.9% of people having served in the Defence Force.
1.9%
Lower than 60% 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 Ringwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22174/ringwood/topic/community