16.0% ▼ -11.3%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.0%
- 2016: 22.8%
- 2021: 16.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Oyster Bay · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Oyster Bay
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A higher number of people now handle unpaid domestic duties in Oyster Bay compared to previous years. This is a place where 33.8% of residents provide unpaid childcare, a figure that sits well above both the state and national averages.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16% of people here volunteer, which is a little above the figures for New South Wales and Australia, though lower than in most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Care duties are common here, with 27.1% of people doing 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, well above the national figure of 20.7%. While unpaid childcare is much higher than most areas, general unpaid care for others sits at 12.1%, which is about the same as the national average.
12.1% ▼ -2.1%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.4%
- 2016: 12.9%
- 2021: 12.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
33.8% ▼ -3.0%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.9%
- 2016: 38.8%
- 2021: 33.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.1% ▲ +2.2%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.5%
- 2016: 25.4%
- 2021: 27.1%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 2% of the population, which is lower than in most similar areas and about the same as the state and national figures.
2.0%
Lower than 59% 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 Oyster Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13123/oyster-bay/topic/community