13.8% ▼ -18.0%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.8%
- 2016: 15.9%
- 2021: 13.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Oakwood · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Oakwood
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A strong tradition of service defines daily life in Oakwood, where a much higher proportion of residents have served in the Defence Force than in most similar areas. While community volunteering sits around the national average, the area sees significant levels of unpaid care and home work.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 13.8% of people in Oakwood volunteer, which is lower than most similar areas and roughly the same as the Queensland and Australian figures.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 15.3% of people providing care, well above the national figure of 11.9%. While 24.5% of residents do 15 or more hours of housework, the 16.8% who provide unpaid childcare is well below the Australian average of 26.3%.
15.3% ▲ +5.3%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.5%
- 2016: 9.9%
- 2021: 15.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
16.8% ▲ +2.6%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.4%
- 2016: 12.3%
- 2021: 16.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.5% ▼ -29.8%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.9%
- 2016: 24.8%
- 2021: 24.5%
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 more common here than in most other similar areas, with 4.5% of the population having served, which is a little above the national figure of 2.8%.
4.5%
Higher than 76% 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 Oakwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32213/oakwood/topic/community