21.6% ▼ -20.8%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.3%
- 2016: 27.0%
- 2021: 21.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Ravensbourne · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Ravensbourne
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than a third of people in Ravensbourne spend 15 hours or more each week on unpaid housework. This reflects a community where residents are highly active in looking after their homes, their families, and their wider region.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 21.6% of people giving their time. This 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 a major part of life for many, as 16.4% of residents provide care and 28.0% look after children. The 35.2% of people doing heavy housework is far above the national figure of 20.7%.
16.4% ▲ +27.2%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.9%
- 2016: 17.1%
- 2021: 16.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.0% ▼ -11.9%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.8%
- 2016: 27.0%
- 2021: 28.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
35.2% ▲ +4.6%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.6%
- 2016: 29.4%
- 2021: 35.2%
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.
A higher proportion of the population has served in the Defence Force compared to most areas. At 6.0%, this is well above the Australian average of 2.8%.
6.0%
Higher than 87% 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 Ravensbourne [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32395/ravensbourne/topic/community