15.6% ▼ -21.5%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.9%
- 2016: 22.4%
- 2021: 15.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Oatlands · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Oatlands
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
About 15.6% of people in Oatlands volunteer their time, which is a little above the national figure of 14.1%. This community is moderately active in unpaid work and care, reflecting trends seen across New South Wales.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
While volunteering rates are lower than in most similar areas, the 15.6% who do volunteer is slightly higher than the 13.0% seen across New South Wales.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 13.2% of people providing care and 22.9% doing more than 15 hours of housework weekly, both of which are a little above the national figures.
13.2% ▼ -1.1%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.3%
- 2016: 14.1%
- 2021: 13.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.8% ▼ -12.1%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.2%
- 2016: 29.4%
- 2021: 24.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.9% ▲ +4.8%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.8%
- 2016: 21.6%
- 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.
Only 1.3% of residents have served in the Defence Force, a figure that is a little below both the state and national averages.
1.3%
Lower than 65% 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 Oatlands [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13074/oatlands/topic/community