12.4% ▼ -18.7%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.3%
- 2016: 17.6%
- 2021: 12.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Ooralea · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Ooralea
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far fewer people volunteer in Ooralea than in most similar areas. While only 12.4% of residents give their time to volunteer work, a striking 31.5% of the community provide unpaid childcare.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Just 12.4% of residents volunteer, which is much lower than most areas and a little below the Queensland and national figures of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
People caring for children unpaid make up 31.5% of the population, which is well above the national figure of 26.3%. This is a much higher rate than most similar areas, though 20.6% of people doing heavy housework is lower than the usual amount.
11.0% ▲ +15.6%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.5%
- 2016: 10.0%
- 2021: 11.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
31.5% ▲ +2.6%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.7%
- 2016: 32.0%
- 2021: 31.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.6% ▼ -6.4%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.0%
- 2016: 22.9%
- 2021: 20.6%
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.
About 2.4% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is around the middle for its level and about the same as the Australian figure of 2.8%.
2.4%
Lower than 55% 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 Ooralea [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32227/ooralea/topic/community