18.6% ▲ +8.1%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.2%
- 2016: 20.4%
- 2021: 18.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Ranelagh · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Ranelagh
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Higher rates of unpaid childcare make Ranelagh stand out compared to most similar areas. While many residents contribute to the community through volunteering and service, the most striking figure is that over a third of people provide unpaid care for children.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 18.6% of people in Ranelagh volunteer, which is around the middle for similar areas and well above the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Childcare is a major focus here, with 34.1% of people caring for children unpaid, a figure well above both the state and national averages. Other unpaid work is more typical, with 23.3% doing 15 or more hours of housework and 12.2% providing general unpaid care.
12.2% ▼ -4.2%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.7%
- 2016: 10.4%
- 2021: 12.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
34.1% ▼ -8.8%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 37.4%
- 2016: 32.7%
- 2021: 34.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.3% ▼ -10.8%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.1%
- 2016: 27.1%
- 2021: 23.3%
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 higher than usual proportion of the population has served in the Defence Force, with 3.6% of residents having this experience.
3.6%
Higher than 65% 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 Ranelagh [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60536/ranelagh/topic/community