8.5% —
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 14.0%
- 2021: 8.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Seven Oaks · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Seven Oaks
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A high rate of unpaid care work defines Seven Oaks, where 25.5% of people provide unpaid support to others. This is far above the national figure, making it one of the most active areas for caregiving, even though formal volunteering is quite low.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 8.5% of people in Seven Oaks volunteer, which is well below the 14.1% national average and among the lowest rates for similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While only 17.0% of residents provide unpaid childcare—well below the national figure of 26.3%—a huge 38.3% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, far above the Australian average of 20.7%.
25.5% —
Higher than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.3%
- 2021: 25.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
17.0% —
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 26.3%
- 2021: 17.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
38.3% —
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 29.8%
- 2021: 38.3%
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.
No residents in Seven Oaks have served in the Defence Force, a figure that is a little below the national rate of 2.8%.
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 Seven Oaks [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13534/seven-oaks/topic/community