10.7% —
Lower than 78% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Oak Park · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Community Participation in Oak Park
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people in Oak Park volunteer their time compared to most similar areas. Only 10.7% of residents are volunteers, a figure that is well below the national average of 14.1%.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is much lower here than in most similar areas, with 10.7% of people helping out, which is a little below the Victorian figure of 13.3%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
About 12.1% of people provide unpaid care, a rate around the middle for its level and about the same as the national figure. While 25.4% of people care for children unpaid, 18.9% do 15 or more hours of housework, which is a little below the national average.
12.1% —
Lower than 52% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.4% —
Lower than 57% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.9% —
Lower than 72% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 1.3% of the population, which is much lower than most similar areas and a little below the Australian average of 2.8%.
1.3%
Lower than 86% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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 Oak Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/210031537/oak-park/topic/community