5.1% —
Lower than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 8.3%
- 2021: 5.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Oyster Cove · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Oyster Cove
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people than usual spend their time on housework in Oyster Cove, where 32.9% of residents do at least 15 hours of unpaid chores weekly. This high level of home work stands in contrast to very low rates of community volunteering and unpaid care for others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 5.1% of people here volunteer, which is among the lowest rates for similar areas and well below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 7.6% of residents provide unpaid care and 17.7% care for children—both much lower than most areas—housework is very common, with 32.9% of people doing 15 or more hours a week.
7.6% —
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 8.3%
- 2021: 7.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
17.7% —
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 30.6%
- 2021: 17.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
32.9% —
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 38.9%
- 2021: 32.9%
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.
A higher than usual 3.4% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is a little above the New South Wales figure of 2.3%.
3.4%
Higher 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 Oyster Cove [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13124/oyster-cove/topic/community