20.4% —
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 25.5%
- 2021: 20.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Ringwood · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Ringwood
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Over 20% of people in Ringwood volunteer, a figure well above the national average. This community is marked by high levels of unpaid work and a strong connection to the Defence Force.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 20.4% of residents giving their time, which is well above the Queensland and Australian figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Many residents do significant unpaid work, as 31.5% spend 15 or more hours a week on housework, far above the national figure of 20.7%. While 14.8% provide unpaid care, which is higher than most areas, the proportion of people caring for children is well below the state average at 18.5%.
14.8% —
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 17.6%
- 2021: 14.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
18.5% —
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 23.5%
- 2021: 18.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
31.5% —
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 23.5%
- 2021: 31.5%
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.
Service in the Defence Force is very common in Ringwood, where 7.4% of people have served, a result that is among the highest for similar areas and well above the national figure of 2.8%.
7.4%
Higher than 90% 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 Ringwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32431/ringwood/topic/community