7.2% ▼ -23.9%
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.4%
- 2016: 12.6%
- 2021: 7.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Oakhurst · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Oakhurst
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Less than 1 in 10 people in Oakhurst volunteer their time, which is one of the lowest rates for this kind of area. This suggests a community where few residents take on formal unpaid roles, while others focus their energy on family care.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 7.2% of people here volunteer, a figure that is well below the New South Wales rate of 13.0% and the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
About 25.8% of residents provide unpaid childcare, which is about the same as the national figure. However, this area has much lower rates of other unpaid work, with only 9.5% providing general unpaid care and 18.6% doing 15 or more hours of housework.
9.5% ▼ -7.9%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.3%
- 2016: 10.1%
- 2021: 9.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.8% ▼ -20.5%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.4%
- 2016: 29.9%
- 2021: 25.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.6% ▲ +0.2%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.5%
- 2016: 17.4%
- 2021: 18.6%
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 service is less common here than in most areas, with just 0.8% of people having served, which is a little below the New South Wales rate of 2.3%.
0.8%
Lower than 69% 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 Oakhurst [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13069/oakhurst/topic/community