9.9% ▼ -3.0%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.2%
- 2016: 12.3%
- 2021: 9.9%
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.
A quarter of people in Ravenswood provide unpaid childcare, making it the most common form of community support here. While many residents manage care roles, very few take part in formal volunteering compared to other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 9.9% of residents volunteer, which is well below the Tasmanian figure of 18.0% and much lower than most other areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common, with 14.1% of people providing this support, a little above the national figure of 11.9%. Around 25% of the community cares for children unpaid, while 20.3% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly.
14.1% ▲ +11.5%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.6%
- 2016: 13.5%
- 2021: 14.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.0% ▼ -12.6%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.6%
- 2016: 25.8%
- 2021: 25.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.3% ▼ -17.1%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.5%
- 2016: 21.1%
- 2021: 20.3%
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.
About 3.1% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the 2.8% seen across Australia.
3.1%
Higher than 58% 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/SAL60538/ravenswood/topic/community