15.8% —
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 21.4%
- 2021: 15.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Oakview · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Oakview
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A shift in how people contribute has seen Oakview evolve since 2011, most notably with 36.8% of residents now spending 15 or more hours a week on unpaid housework. This figure is far above the national average, marking a standout feature of daily life in the area.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15.8% of people in Oakview volunteer their time, which is a little above the 14.1% figure seen across both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 13.2% of residents provide some form of unpaid care, the number of people caring for children is far below the national average at 15.8%. This contrast exists alongside a very high rate of people doing significant unpaid housework.
13.2% —
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 10.7%
- 2021: 13.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
15.8% —
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 28.6%
- 2021: 15.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
36.8% —
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 32.1%
- 2021: 36.8%
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 Oakview has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is well below the Queensland average 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 Oakview [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32212/oakview/topic/community