12.2% ▼ -18.8%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.0%
- 2016: 18.9%
- 2021: 12.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Owanyilla · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Owanyilla
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A high rate of unpaid care defines Owanyilla, where 17.4% of people provide this support. While many residents help others in their homes, fewer people here volunteer compared to other Australian areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 12.2% of people in Owanyilla volunteer, which is much lower than most areas and a little below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for the elderly or disabled is common here, sitting well above the national figure at 17.4%. Conversely, only 18.3% of residents provide unpaid childcare, which is well below the 26.3% seen across Australia.
17.4% ▲ +18.7%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.6%
- 2016: 18.3%
- 2021: 17.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
18.3% ▼ -19.9%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.9%
- 2016: 18.9%
- 2021: 18.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.6% ▼ -34.7%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.1%
- 2016: 35.4%
- 2021: 21.6%
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.
Defence service is more common in Owanyilla than in most similar areas, with 4.6% of people having served, a figure a little above the Australian average of 2.8%.
4.6%
Higher than 77% 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 Owanyilla [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32239/owanyilla/topic/community