11.6% ▼ -36.9%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.4%
- 2016: 18.3%
- 2021: 11.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Oberon · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Oberon
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A small number of people in Oberon volunteer their time compared to other areas. While 11.6% of the community help out, this is a little below the figures for New South Wales and Australia.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteer rates in Oberon are much lower than in most similar areas. Only 11.6% of residents volunteer, which is a little below the 13% seen across New South Wales.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is well below the national figure, with 22.6% of people providing this support. However, overall unpaid care is around the middle for its level, and 21.4% of residents do 15 or more hours of housework weekly.
12.0% ▲ +1.6%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.9%
- 2016: 12.3%
- 2021: 12.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.6% ▼ -26.6%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.8%
- 2016: 25.2%
- 2021: 22.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.4% ▼ -16.2%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.5%
- 2016: 22.5%
- 2021: 21.4%
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 3.2% of people in Oberon have served in the Defence Force. This is about the same as the figures for both New South Wales and Australia.
3.2%
Higher than 59% 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 Oberon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13079/oberon/topic/community