14.0% —
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 17.6%
- 2021: 14.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Limestone Ridges · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Limestone Ridges
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement in Limestone Ridges has remained steady over the last decade, with 14% of people volunteering. While volunteering is typical for Australia, the area stands out for its high number of former Defence Force members. This suggests a community with strong ties to service and home-based work.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14% of people here volunteer their time, which is lower than most similar areas and about the same as the national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
A quarter of residents do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework weekly, which is well above the national figure of 20.7%. Meanwhile, those providing unpaid care are much lower than most areas at 8.8%, and 23.7% of people care for children unpaid.
8.8% —
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 5.6%
- 2021: 8.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.7% —
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 17.6%
- 2021: 23.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.4% —
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 22.2%
- 2021: 25.4%
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.
Military service is much more common here than in most areas, with 4.4% of people having served in the Defence Force. This is a little above the Australian average of 2.8%.
4.4%
Higher than 75% 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 Limestone Ridges [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31662/limestone-ridges/topic/community