18.4% ▲ +5.8%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.4%
- 2016: 23.7%
- 2021: 18.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Oakenden · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Oakenden
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than a third of people in Oakenden provide unpaid childcare, a figure well above the national average. This community is highly active in supporting others, with high rates of volunteering and unpaid housework compared to the rest of the state.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Around 18.4% of residents volunteer their time, which is well above the 14.1% figure for both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Care work is common here, as 34.4% of people look after children unpaid, well above the national figure of 26.3%. This is mirrored in other unpaid work, with 27% doing 15 or more hours of housework and 14.4% providing general unpaid care.
14.4% ▲ +97.8%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.3%
- 2016: 9.3%
- 2021: 14.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
34.4% ▲ +5.8%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.5%
- 2016: 31.4%
- 2021: 34.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.0% ▲ +22.2%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.1%
- 2016: 24.9%
- 2021: 27.0%
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.
About 3.3% of the population served in the Defence Force, which is higher than most similar areas and about the same as the national figure.
3.3%
Higher than 61% 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 Oakenden [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32208/oakenden/topic/community