58.6% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 55.3%
- 2021: 58.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Ryansbrook · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Ryansbrook
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A massive 45 percentage point gap separates Ryansbrook from the national average in volunteer rates. This sparsely populated area is defined by a very high level of community contribution and unpaid work. Over half the residents give their time to help others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is incredibly common here, with 58.6% of people pitching in. This is far above the Western Australian figure of 15.9% and the national average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very frequent, with 72.4% of people caring for children and 34.5% spending 15 or more hours a week on housework, both figures far above the national average. However, those providing other types of unpaid care sit at 10.3%, which is a little below the Australian figure of 11.9%.
10.3% —
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.9%
- 2021: 10.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
72.4% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 65.8%
- 2021: 72.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
34.5% —
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 21.1%
- 2021: 34.5%
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force. This is a little below the national figure of 2.8% and the state average of 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 Ryansbrook [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51317/ryansbrook/topic/community