8.8% ▼ -20.1%
Lower than 90% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 11.0%
- 2016: 12.6%
- 2021: 8.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Ramsay · State Electorate
Community Participation in Ramsay
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Only 8.8% of people in Ramsay volunteer, which is much lower than most similar areas. This figure has fallen since 2011 and sits well below the national average. While community volunteering is low, the area has a high rate of people providing unpaid care.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is well below the South Australian figure of 17.0%, with only 8.8% of residents helping out. This is a decline from 2011, when 11.0% of the community volunteered.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
About 13.3% of people provide unpaid care, which is much higher than most areas and slightly above the Australian figure. Meanwhile, the 26.6% of residents caring for children unpaid is about the same as the national average.
13.3% ▲ +9.6%
Higher than 76% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 12.2%
- 2016: 12.9%
- 2021: 13.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.6% ▼ -0.1%
Higher than 50% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 26.6%
- 2016: 27.1%
- 2021: 26.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.3% ▼ -11.1%
Lower than 76% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 20.6%
- 2016: 19.5%
- 2021: 18.3%
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 Force service is common for an area like this, with 2.6% of the population having served. This is about the same as the figures for both South Australia and Australia.
2.6%
Lower than 59% 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 Ramsay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED40038/ramsay/topic/community