7.5% —
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 16.7%
- 2021: 7.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Oombabeer · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Oombabeer
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A high proportion of people in Oombabeer provide unpaid care for children, with 32.5% of residents doing so. While family care is common, other forms of community contribution are low, including a very small number of volunteers.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 7.5% of people here volunteer, which is well below the Queensland and Australian figure of 14.1%. This is among the lowest rates for similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 32.5% of residents provide unpaid childcare—well above the national figure of 26.3%—other home duties are less common. Only 7.5% do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, and 10% provide general unpaid care, both of which are lower than state and national levels.
10.0% —
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 19.0%
- 2021: 10.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
32.5% —
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 35.7%
- 2021: 32.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
7.5% —
Lower than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 21.4%
- 2021: 7.5%
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force. This is lower than most areas and well below the Queensland rate 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 Oombabeer [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32225/oombabeer/topic/community