65.4% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Osborne · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Osborne
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A staggering 65.4% of people in Osborne volunteer, marking a level of community involvement far above the rest of the country. This spirit of service is seen across the board, with a very high proportion of residents providing unpaid care for children and the home.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is incredibly common here, with 65.4% of residents giving their time. This is far 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 very frequent in Osborne, with 42.3% of people caring for children and 30.8% spending 15 or more hours a week on housework. Both figures are far above those for New South Wales and Australia. Additionally, 15.4% of people provide some form of unpaid care, which is well above the national figure.
15.4% —
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
42.3% —
Higher than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
30.8% —
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
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 lower than most areas and a little below the 2.8% national average.
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 Osborne [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13109/osborne/topic/community