18.0% ▼ -27.4%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.8%
- 2016: 25.6%
- 2021: 18.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Ocean Shores · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Ocean Shores
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly one in five people in Ocean Shores give their time to volunteering, making it a place where community spirit is much more common than across the state. Daily life here involves a strong mix of unpaid support, from caring for children to helping others in the community.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 18.0% of people helping out. This is well above the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and the national average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is a regular part of life for many, with 27.1% of people caring for children and 13.6% providing unpaid care. Both figures are a little above the state and national averages.
13.6% ▲ +0.4%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.6%
- 2016: 13.5%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.1% ▼ -15.1%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.9%
- 2016: 28.4%
- 2021: 27.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.8% ▼ -20.8%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.7%
- 2016: 23.1%
- 2021: 22.8%
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.
Defence service is around the middle for its level, with 2.4% of people having served. This is about the same as the New South Wales figure of 2.3%.
2.4%
Lower than 55% 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 Ocean Shores [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13081/ocean-shores/topic/community