14.6% ▼ -26.8%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.0%
- 2016: 21.0%
- 2021: 14.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Glen Oak · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Glen Oak
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than a third of people in Glen Oak provide unpaid childcare, making it one of the highest-ranking areas for this kind of support. Daily life here involves a high level of unpaid work and care, alongside a strong history of military service.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.6% of residents volunteer their time. This is a little above the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and roughly the same as the national rate of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, with 38.4% of people caring for children—far above the 26.3% national average. This is consistent with higher rates of unpaid care overall (14.3%) and more people spending 15 or more hours a week on housework.
14.3% ▲ +3.7%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.8%
- 2016: 8.4%
- 2021: 14.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
38.4% ▲ +17.6%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.7%
- 2016: 29.0%
- 2021: 38.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.8% ▲ +6.9%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.1%
- 2016: 18.5%
- 2021: 26.8%
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.
Military service is much more common here than in most areas. At 6.4%, the share of people who served in the Defence Force is well above the New South Wales figure of 2.3%.
6.4%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality 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 Glen Oak [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11656/glen-oak/topic/community