6.9% ▼ -27.3%
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.5%
- 2016: 11.8%
- 2021: 6.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Oxley Park · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Oxley Park
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Very low levels of community involvement mark Oxley Park, where only 6.9% of people volunteer. This is well below the national figure of 14.1%, placing the area among the lowest for volunteering in the region.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Just 6.9% of residents volunteer, which is well below both the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 30.0% of people provide unpaid childcare—well above the national 26.3%—other unpaid work is less common. Only 9.2% provide general unpaid care and 18.5% spend 15 or more hours on housework, both of which are lower than most areas.
9.2% ▼ -12.5%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.5%
- 2016: 10.3%
- 2021: 9.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.0% ▼ -1.8%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.5%
- 2016: 28.7%
- 2021: 30.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.5% ▼ -7.2%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.9%
- 2016: 17.9%
- 2021: 18.5%
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.
Defence service is less common here than in most other areas, with only 1.1% of people having served in the Defence Force compared to 2.8% nationally.
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 Oxley Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13121/oxley-park/topic/community