14.6% ▼ -44.3%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.2%
- 2016: 23.7%
- 2021: 14.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Obi Obi · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Obi Obi
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A far higher share of people do heavy housework in Obi Obi compared to the rest of the country. While about 33.7% spend 15 or more hours a week on unpaid chores, the area also has a notably strong presence of former Defence Force members.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.6% of residents volunteer their time, which is lower than most similar areas but about the same as the Queensland and national figures.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 17.4% of people providing care—well above the national figure of 11.9%. This is consistent with the high 33.7% of residents who spend 15 or more hours a week on housework, which is far above the national average.
17.4% ▲ +47.4%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.8%
- 2016: 11.5%
- 2021: 17.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.4% ▲ +9.2%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.2%
- 2016: 28.2%
- 2021: 26.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
33.7% ▲ +1.1%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.3%
- 2016: 33.3%
- 2021: 33.7%
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 in Obi Obi than in most other areas, with 4.8% of people having served, which is a little above the Australian figure of 2.8%.
4.8%
Higher than 78% 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 Obi Obi [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32216/obi-obi/topic/community