29.0% ▼ -17.1%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.0%
- 2016: 45.5%
- 2021: 29.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
She Oaks · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in She Oaks
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement has remained a strong feature of She Oaks, where 29% of people volunteer. This rate is far above the national figure of 14.1% and highlights a local culture of active participation in the area.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Nearly 29% of residents in She Oaks volunteer, which is much higher than most areas and far above the Victoria rate of 13.3%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, with 38% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, far above the national figure of 20.7%. This is consistent with a high rate of unpaid care for children, at 35%, which is well above the Australian average.
17.0% ▲ +12.8%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.1%
- 2016: 14.8%
- 2021: 17.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
35.0% ▲ +20.1%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.1%
- 2016: 35.2%
- 2021: 35.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
38.0% ▲ +24.6%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.5%
- 2016: 40.9%
- 2021: 38.0%
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.
The proportion of people who served in the Defence Force is 6.9%, a figure that is well above the Victorian average of 2.0%.
6.9%
Higher than 89% 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 She Oaks [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22268/she-oaks/topic/community