19.8% ▼ -19.5%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.6%
- 2016: 21.3%
- 2021: 19.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Ransome · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Ransome
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly one in five people in Ransome spend their spare time volunteering, which is a much higher rate than the national figure. This suggests a community where residents are actively involved in helping others and supporting local activities.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 19.8% of residents volunteer, a figure that is well above the 14.1% seen across both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 15.2% of people providing care, which is much higher than most areas. This includes 26.6% of residents caring for children unpaid, a rate similar to the national average.
15.2% ▲ +59.7%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.5%
- 2016: 11.1%
- 2021: 15.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.6% ▼ -29.1%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 37.6%
- 2016: 39.9%
- 2021: 26.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.8% ▼ -18.5%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.7%
- 2016: 26.4%
- 2021: 21.8%
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.
Defence service is common for the area, with 2.3% of people having served, which is about the same as the Australian figure.
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).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Community Participation in Ransome [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32392/ransome/topic/community