12.5% ▼ -26.3%
Lower than 68% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 17.0%
- 2016: 18.5%
- 2021: 12.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Ryde · State Electorate
Community Participation in Ryde
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people in Ryde spend their spare time on unpaid work and community service compared to other similar areas. Only 12.5% of residents volunteer, a figure that has fallen since 2011. This trend highlights a general decline in unpaid community contribution across the local area.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering has dropped significantly in Ryde, falling 4.5 percentage points since 2011 to reach 12.5%. This is lower than most other areas and sits a little below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Providing unpaid care is much less common here than in similar areas, with only 9.8% of people doing so. This is consistent with the 24% of residents who provide unpaid childcare, which is also much lower than most other areas.
9.8% ▼ -7.3%
Lower than 86% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 10.5%
- 2016: 10.4%
- 2021: 9.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.0% ▼ -3.2%
Lower than 74% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 24.8%
- 2016: 25.1%
- 2021: 24.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.3% ▲ +6.2%
Lower than 56% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 19.1%
- 2016: 18.3%
- 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.
Defence service is rare in Ryde, where only 1.1% of people have served. This is among the lowest rates for this level and is a little below the New South Wales figure of 2.3%.
1.1%
Lower than 93% of state electorate 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 Ryde [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10073/ryde/topic/community