19.3% —
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 33.3%
- 2021: 19.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Oaky Creek · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Oaky Creek
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Volunteer rates in Oaky Creek have remained strong, with 19.3% of residents giving their time to others. This is well above the national figure of 14.1%. The community is also marked by a high number of people who have served in the Defence Force.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Nearly one in five people (19.3%) volunteer here, which is well above the 14.1% seen across Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While only 10.2% of residents provide unpaid childcare—far below the national figure of 26.3%—unpaid care for others is more common here than in most areas. This is reflected in the 14.8% of people providing unpaid care and the 25% who do 15 or more hours of housework weekly.
14.8% —
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 15.3%
- 2021: 14.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
10.2% —
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 22.2%
- 2021: 10.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.0% —
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 18.1%
- 2021: 25.0%
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.
A much higher proportion of people have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, at 4.4%. This is a little above the Australian figure of 2.8%.
4.4%
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 Oaky Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32214/oaky-creek/topic/community