26.4% ▲ +22.1%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.6%
- 2016: 21.8%
- 2021: 26.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
River Ranch · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in River Ranch
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people in River Ranch get involved in their community than in most similar areas. Over a quarter of residents volunteer, and there are high rates of unpaid care and housework. This creates a profile of a highly active local population.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 26.4% of people here volunteer, which is far above the Queensland and Australian figures of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common, with 30.5% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework and 16.8% providing unpaid care, both of which are well above the national figures.
16.8% ▲ +109.4%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.0%
- 2016: 13.7%
- 2021: 16.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.3% ▲ +4.8%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.0%
- 2016: 29.8%
- 2021: 27.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
30.5% ▼ -12.2%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.7%
- 2016: 23.9%
- 2021: 30.5%
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.
About 3.2% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the figures for Queensland and Australia.
3.2%
Higher than 58% 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 River Ranch [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32436/river-ranch/topic/community