14.5% ▼ -2.5%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.9%
- 2016: 15.3%
- 2021: 14.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Ravenswood · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Ravenswood
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement in Ravenswood has remained steady over the last decade. While volunteering is slightly lower than in other parts of the state, the area has a notably high number of former Defence Force members. About 5.8% of residents have served in the military.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.5% of people here volunteer, which is lower than most similar areas and a little below the Western Australian figure of 15.9%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Around 12.5% of residents provide unpaid care, and 23.5% spend 15 or more hours a week on housework, which is well above the state figure of 20.1%.
12.5% ▲ +13.1%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.0%
- 2016: 10.6%
- 2021: 12.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.6% ▼ -3.2%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.5%
- 2016: 25.0%
- 2021: 26.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.5% ▼ -18.9%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.0%
- 2016: 25.4%
- 2021: 23.5%
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.
A much higher share of people in Ravenswood have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, at 5.8%.
5.8%
Higher than 86% 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 Ravenswood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51282/ravenswood/topic/community