18.8% —
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 35.7%
- 2021: 18.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Upper Ryans Creek · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Upper Ryans Creek
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people spend their time on unpaid home duties in Upper Ryans Creek than in the rest of the state. While 43.8% of residents do at least 15 hours of housework weekly, the area also sees a strong spirit of giving with volunteering rates well above the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Around 18.8% of people volunteer their time, which is well above the 13.3% seen across Victoria and the 14.1% national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, with 43.8% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework and 31.3% caring for children unpaid, both figures well above the state and national levels. However, nobody in the area provides other types of unpaid care.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 10.7%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
31.3% —
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 60.7%
- 2021: 31.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
43.8% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 64.3%
- 2021: 43.8%
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 Upper Ryans Creek has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the figures for Victoria and Australia.
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 Upper Ryans Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22618/upper-ryans-creek/topic/community