17.2% ▼ -26.1%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.2%
- 2016: 24.2%
- 2021: 17.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Ringwood North · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Ringwood North
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people provide unpaid support in Ringwood North than in most similar areas. This is a supportive community where 16.2% of residents provide unpaid care, which is well above the national figure of 11.9%.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 17.2% of people giving their time. This is well above both the Victorian figure of 13.3% and the Australian figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is very high, as 31.7% of people look after children, well above the 26.3% national average. This is consistent with the area being much higher than most for general unpaid care (16.2%) and slightly above the national figure for housework (23.6%).
16.2% ▲ +33.9%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.1%
- 2016: 13.5%
- 2021: 16.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
31.7% ▼ -0.2%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.8%
- 2016: 33.0%
- 2021: 31.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.6% ▼ -3.9%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.6%
- 2016: 23.5%
- 2021: 23.6%
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.
About 2.3% of residents have served in the Defence Force. This is around the middle for similar areas and is about the same as the figures for Victoria and Australia.
2.3%
Lower than 56% 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).
More for Ringwood North
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Community Participation in Ringwood North [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22176/ringwood-north/topic/community