18.7% ▼ -19.9%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.3%
- 2016: 25.8%
- 2021: 18.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Ocean Grove · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Ocean Grove
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 32.2% of people in Ocean Grove provide unpaid childcare, a figure that is well above the state and national averages. This level of family support is part of a broader trend of community involvement, with residents frequently stepping up for others through volunteering and housework.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 18.7% of residents giving their time. This is well above the 13.3% seen across Victoria and the 14.1% national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Many residents manage significant unpaid work at home; 26% do 15 or more hours of housework and 13.8% provide unpaid care. These figures are higher than most other areas, with housework rates well above the 20.1% Victorian average.
13.8% ▲ +16.9%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.8%
- 2016: 13.1%
- 2021: 13.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
32.2% ▲ +2.2%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.5%
- 2016: 33.9%
- 2021: 32.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.0% ▼ -0.5%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.1%
- 2016: 24.9%
- 2021: 26.0%
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 3.0% of the population. This is a little above the 2.0% found across Victoria and about the same as the national figure of 2.8%.
3.0%
Higher than 55% 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 Ocean Grove [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22005/ocean-grove/topic/community