14.3% —
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 35.7%
- 2021: 14.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Oolong · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Oolong
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A far higher proportion of people provide unpaid care in Oolong than in the rest of the state. While volunteering is typical for the region, the area stands out for the huge number of residents helping out at home.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.3% of residents volunteer, which is a little above the New South Wales figure and about the same as the national rate.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Caregiving is very common here, with 45.2% of people caring for children unpaid—a figure far above the national average. This helps explain why 16.7% of the population provides some form of unpaid care, which is well above the New South Wales figure.
16.7% —
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 16.7%
- 2021: 16.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
45.2% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 40.5%
- 2021: 45.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.8% —
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 23.8%
- 2021: 23.8%
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the state and national rates.
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 Oolong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13098/oolong/topic/community