19.9% ▼ -15.6%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.5%
- 2016: 25.0%
- 2021: 19.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Ravenshoe · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Ravenshoe
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 20% of people in Ravenshoe volunteer their time, a figure well above the national average. This community is more likely to give back through volunteering and military service than people in other parts of Queensland and Australia.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 19.9% of residents volunteer, which is well above the 14.1% seen across Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While far fewer people provide unpaid childcare here than in most areas, 24.8% do at least 15 hours of unpaid housework, which is well above the national figure.
13.2% ▼ -11.8%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.0%
- 2016: 14.6%
- 2021: 13.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
14.7% ▼ -37.2%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.3%
- 2016: 19.5%
- 2021: 14.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.8% ▼ -18.7%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.5%
- 2016: 24.7%
- 2021: 24.8%
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.
Military service is much more common here than in most similar areas, with 4.9% of people having served in the Defence Force.
4.9%
Higher than 80% 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 Ravenshoe [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32396/ravenshoe/topic/community