15.8% —
Higher than 63% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 22.2%
- 2021: 15.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Ringwood (Eastern Metropolitan) · State Electorate
Community Participation in Ringwood (Eastern Metropolitan)
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Daily life in Ringwood involves a high level of unpaid support, with nearly 30% of people caring for children. This commitment to care extends to other areas too, as the suburb sees more people volunteering and providing unpaid care than most similar places.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Around 15.8% of people in Ringwood volunteer, which is a little above the figures for Victoria and Australia. This is a drop from 2016, when 22.2% of the community helped out.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is very common here; 29.3% of people care for children and 13.4% provide other unpaid care, both of which are much higher than in most areas. Meanwhile, about 20.4% of residents do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework weekly, a figure that has barely changed since 2016.
13.4% —
Higher than 78% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 13.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.3% —
Higher than 76% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 30.8%
- 2021: 29.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.4% —
Lower than 54% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 20.6%
- 2021: 20.4%
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.
Only 2.0% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is much lower than most similar areas and slightly below the national figure of 2.8%.
2.0%
Lower than 77% 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 Ringwood (Eastern Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED27101/ringwood/topic/community