23.7% ▼ -35.8%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.9%
- 2016: 32.1%
- 2021: 23.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Obley · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Obley
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement has remained a strong feature of life in Obley. Roughly 24% of residents volunteer their time, which is well above the national figure. This spirit of helping out extends into the home, where unpaid care and housework are much more common than in most other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 23.7% of people helping out. This is far above the New South Wales rate of 13.0% and well above the Australian average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Providing unpaid care is among the highest in the country, with 25.0% of people helping others—far above the national figure of 11.9%. This is reflected in the home, where 34.2% provide unpaid childcare and 25.0% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly.
25.0% ▲ +138.8%
Higher than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.5%
- 2016: 11.5%
- 2021: 25.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
34.2% ▲ +17.0%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.2%
- 2016: 33.3%
- 2021: 34.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.0% ▼ -10.1%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.8%
- 2016: 32.1%
- 2021: 25.0%
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.
No one in Obley reported serving in the Defence Force. This is lower than most similar areas and a little below the national rate of 2.8%.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Obley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13080/obley/topic/community