17.7% ▼ -19.8%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.1%
- 2016: 28.5%
- 2021: 17.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Oxley Island · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Oxley Island
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher rates of unpaid work and care define Oxley Island compared to the rest of the state. Around 18.1% of people provide unpaid care, which is well above the national figure of 11.9%. This community is notably active in supporting others, both through formal volunteering and domestic duties.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 17.7% of people helping out. This is well above the New South Wales rate of 13.0% and the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very high in this area, with 35.1% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, far above the national figure of 20.7%. Similarly, those caring for children unpaid (32.7%) and providing general unpaid care (18.1%) are both well above state and national levels.
18.1% ▲ +36.7%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.3%
- 2016: 17.6%
- 2021: 18.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
32.7% ▲ +1.1%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.3%
- 2016: 31.4%
- 2021: 32.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
35.1% ▲ +1.6%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.5%
- 2016: 34.3%
- 2021: 35.1%
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.
Very few people here have served in the Defence Force. At 0.0%, the rate is lower than most areas and a little below the New South Wales figure of 2.3%.
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 Oxley Island [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13120/oxley-island/topic/community