12.7% ▼ -30.3%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.2%
- 2016: 18.1%
- 2021: 12.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Oakey · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Oakey
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher rates of military service define the community profile in Oakey. While most residents follow state patterns in caregiving, a striking 8% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is among the highest rates for similar areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteer rates are much lower than most other areas, with 12.7% of people volunteering, which is a little below the figures for Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
About 13.3% of people provide unpaid care, which is a little above the national figure. Other care roles are typical for the region, with 25.7% caring for children unpaid.
13.3% ▲ +25.7%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.6%
- 2016: 11.2%
- 2021: 13.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.7% ▼ -7.7%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.9%
- 2016: 27.4%
- 2021: 25.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.3% ▼ -17.5%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.6%
- 2016: 23.6%
- 2021: 20.3%
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.
Defence service is very common here, as 8% of residents have served. This is well above the 3.9% seen across Queensland and more than double the national rate of 2.8%.
8.0%
Higher than 91% 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 Oakey [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32209/oakey/topic/community