10.1% ▼ -29.1%
Lower than 87% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 14.2%
- 2016: 14.1%
- 2021: 10.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Ormeau - Oxenford · Sub-region (SA3)
Community Participation in Ormeau - Oxenford
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
About 32.8% of people in Ormeau - Oxenford provide unpaid childcare, a figure that is well above the national average. While many residents are focused on family care, those volunteering for community groups have fallen to just 10.1%. This leaves the area with a much lower rate of volunteering than most similar places.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 10.1% of the community volunteers, which is well below the 14.1% seen across Queensland and Australia. This figure has fallen by 4.1 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
The area has one of the highest rates of unpaid childcare at 32.8%, well above the national figure of 26.3%. In contrast, those providing other types of unpaid care are at 10.7%, which is a little below the Australian average.
10.7% ▲ +17.4%
Lower than 74% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 9.1%
- 2016: 9.8%
- 2021: 10.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
32.8% ▼ -7.4%
Higher than 92% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 35.4%
- 2016: 35.2%
- 2021: 32.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.9% ▼ -8.7%
Lower than 52% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 23.0%
- 2016: 21.1%
- 2021: 20.9%
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 2.7% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the national figure of 2.8%.
2.7%
Lower than 58% of sub-region (sa3) 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 Ormeau - Oxenford [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/30907/ormeau-oxenford/topic/community