12.0% —
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 19.4%
- 2021: 12.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
O'Bil Bil · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in O'Bil Bil
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement in O'Bil Bil has seen modest shifts over the last decade, though volunteer rates remain low. Only 12% of people here volunteer their time, which is much lower than most similar areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
At 12%, the proportion of volunteers in O'Bil Bil is a little below the national and state figures of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
About 12% of residents provide unpaid care, which is about the same as the national figure. However, only 16% of people do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, a rate well below the 20.7% seen across Queensland and Australia.
12.0% —
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 12.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.0% —
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 29.0%
- 2021: 24.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
16.0% —
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 16.0%
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.
No one in O'Bil Bil has served in the Defence Force, which is well below the Queensland rate of 3.9%.
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 O'Bil Bil [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32201/o-bil-bil/topic/community