22.5% ▼ -6.8%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.2%
- 2016: 27.4%
- 2021: 22.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Olinda · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Olinda
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Well above the national average for community work, Olinda is a place where nearly a quarter of residents volunteer. This strong spirit of contribution is matched by a high rate of unpaid care and housework within the home.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 22.5% of people giving their time. This is well above the 13.3% seen in Victoria and the 14.1% across Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is much more common than in most areas. About 31.7% of people care for children unpaid and 16.3% provide other unpaid care, both figures being well above the state and national averages. Additionally, 28.1% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, which is well above the 20.1% for Victoria.
16.3% ▲ +17.9%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.8%
- 2016: 15.0%
- 2021: 16.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
31.7% ▲ +2.0%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.1%
- 2016: 31.3%
- 2021: 31.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.1% ▼ -0.4%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.2%
- 2016: 28.7%
- 2021: 28.1%
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 have served in the Defence Force make up 2.6% of the population. This is about the same as the figures for Victoria and Australia.
2.6%
Lower than 51% 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 Olinda [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22009/olinda/topic/community