33.3% —
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 51.7%
- 2021: 33.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Ooma · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Ooma
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A strong spirit of giving defines Ooma, where one in three people now volunteer. This level of community involvement is far above the national figure and marks the area as a place where residents contribute heavily to unpaid work and care.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 33.3% of people giving their time. This is much higher than most areas and far above the 14.1% seen across Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is a major part of life in Ooma, where 40.0% of people do 15 or more hours of housework weekly. This is far above the national figure, alongside a high rate of people providing unpaid care (20.0%) and those caring for children (30.0%).
20.0% —
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 17.2%
- 2021: 20.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.0% —
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 20.7%
- 2021: 30.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
40.0% —
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 27.6%
- 2021: 40.0%
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 residents reported serving in the Defence Force, which is a little below the New South Wales and national figures.
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 Ooma [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13099/ooma/topic/community