19.5% ▼ -27.5%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.9%
- 2016: 28.8%
- 2021: 19.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Oura · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Oura
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 20% of people in Oura volunteer, a figure well above the national average. This high level of community involvement is matched by a strong presence of unpaid childcare, though other forms of unpaid care are less common.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Around 19.5% of residents volunteer their time, which is well above the 14.1% national figure and the New South Wales rate of 13.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is very common here, with 31.5% of people providing it—well above the national figure of 26.3%. In contrast, only 9.5% of residents provide other types of unpaid care, which is much lower than most areas.
9.5% ▼ -31.5%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.9%
- 2016: 9.8%
- 2021: 9.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
31.5% ▼ -13.5%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.4%
- 2016: 30.1%
- 2021: 31.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.5% ▼ -26.9%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.0%
- 2016: 26.4%
- 2021: 20.5%
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.
About 1.5% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the Australian average of 2.8%.
1.5%
Lower than 63% 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 Oura [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13113/oura/topic/community