6.9% ▼ -36.8%
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.0%
- 2016: 11.0%
- 2021: 6.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Oran Park · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Oran Park
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A staggering 41.1% of people in Oran Park provide unpaid childcare, a figure far above the national average. This heavy focus on family care defines daily life here, though other forms of community contribution like volunteering are much less common.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 6.9% of residents volunteer their time, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and among the lowest rates for similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Childcare is a major priority, with 41.1% of people caring for children unpaid, which is far above the Australian average of 26.3%. In contrast, only 9.7% of residents provide other types of unpaid care, a figure that is a little below the national average.
9.7% ▼ -34.1%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.6%
- 2016: 9.2%
- 2021: 9.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
41.1% ▲ +34.9%
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.5%
- 2016: 40.7%
- 2021: 41.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.6% ▼ -16.6%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.9%
- 2016: 20.0%
- 2021: 21.6%
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.
People who have served in the Defence Force make up 1.1% of the population, which is a little below the 2.8% seen across Australia.
1.1%
Lower than 67% 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 Oran Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13102/oran-park/topic/community