20.9% ▼ -42.0%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.0%
- 2016: 24.8%
- 2021: 20.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Ranford · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Ranford
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than one in five people in Ranford volunteer their time, a rate well above the national figure. This reflects a community with high levels of active participation, even while unpaid care and home duties are less common here than in other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 20.9% of people volunteer, which is well above both the Western Australian figure of 15.9% and the Australian average of 14.1%. This is higher than most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much lower than most areas, with only 8.2% of people providing this support. This includes a low 21.5% who care for children unpaid, which is well below the national figure of 26.3%.
8.2% ▼ -11.8%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.3%
- 2016: 12.8%
- 2021: 8.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.5% ▼ -16.1%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.7%
- 2016: 19.5%
- 2021: 21.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.0% ▼ -35.3%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.3%
- 2016: 24.8%
- 2021: 19.0%
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.
No one in Ranford has served in the Defence Force. This is a little below the national and state figures, which both sit at around 2.8% or 2.9%.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Ranford [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51279/ranford/topic/community