13.9% ▼ -34.0%
Lower than 74% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 21.0%
- 2016: 20.1%
- 2021: 13.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Oberon · Council (LGA)
Community Participation in Oberon
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A sharp drop in volunteering is the main story for Oberon, where the rate fell by 7.1 percentage points since 2011. While current levels of community involvement are now about the same as the national figure, fewer people are providing unpaid child care than in most other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 13.9% of residents volunteer, which is much lower than most similar areas. This is a significant decrease from 2011, when 21.0% of the community volunteered.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is well below the national figure at 22.3%, a drop of 6.2 percentage points since 2011. Meanwhile, those providing general unpaid care stand at 11.8%, and 22.9% of people do 15 or more hours of housework weekly.
11.8% ▼ -1.2%
Lower than 55% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 12.0%
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 11.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.3% ▼ -21.9%
Lower than 72% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 28.5%
- 2016: 25.0%
- 2021: 22.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.9% ▼ -11.7%
Higher than 58% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 25.9%
- 2016: 23.4%
- 2021: 22.9%
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.
Around 3.0% of the population have served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the figures for both New South Wales and Australia.
3.0%
Lower than 51% of council (lga) 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 Oberon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA16100/oberon/topic/community