22.9% ▼ -9.3%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.3%
- 2016: 28.9%
- 2021: 22.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Ripplebrook · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Ripplebrook
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A strong culture of helping others defines daily life in Ripplebrook, where nearly a quarter of the population volunteers. This community is far more active in unpaid work and care than the typical Australian town.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 22.9% of people pitching in. This is well above the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Residents are much more likely to provide unpaid care than people in most areas, with 18.3% doing so. This includes 29.8% who care for children and 26.1% who spend 15 or more hours a week on housework, both figures well above the state and national averages.
18.3% ▲ +88.3%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.7%
- 2016: 17.2%
- 2021: 18.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.8% ▲ +10.4%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.0%
- 2016: 22.2%
- 2021: 29.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.1% ▼ 0.0%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.1%
- 2016: 27.8%
- 2021: 26.1%
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 1.8% of the community has served in the Defence Force, which is lower than in most areas and about the same as the Victorian figure of 2.0%.
1.8%
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 Ripplebrook [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22177/ripplebrook/topic/community