31.5% ▲ +9.0%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.9%
- 2016: 31.8%
- 2021: 31.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Ravensthorpe · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Ravensthorpe
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A far higher share of people volunteer in Ravensthorpe than in the rest of the state. Roughly 31.5% of the community gives their time to others, which is more than double the national figure of 14.1%. This strong trend of helping out defines the town's active community spirit.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 31.5% of residents helping out. This is far above the Western Australian rate of 15.9% and much higher than most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
More people here take on unpaid roles, with 30.9% caring for children and 25.4% doing over 15 hours of housework weekly, both well above the national figures. However, those providing other types of unpaid care are a little below the Australian average at 9.6%.
9.6% ▲ +18.3%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.1%
- 2016: 7.3%
- 2021: 9.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.9% ▲ +7.1%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.8%
- 2016: 24.6%
- 2021: 30.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.4% ▲ +6.6%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.8%
- 2016: 25.6%
- 2021: 25.4%
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 3.1% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the figures for both Western Australia and the rest of the country.
3.1%
Higher than 57% 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 Ravensthorpe [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51281/ravensthorpe/topic/community