10.2% ▼ -27.0%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.0%
- 2016: 14.2%
- 2021: 10.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Oxenford · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Oxenford
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far fewer people volunteer in Oxenford than in most similar areas. While only 10.2% of residents give their time to volunteering, a striking 31.8% provide unpaid childcare, which is well above the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 10.2% of people here volunteer, a figure that is well below the Queensland and Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
The proportion of people providing unpaid childcare is much higher than in most areas, sitting at 31.8%. Other unpaid work is less common, with 11.2% providing general unpaid care and 21.2% doing 15 or more hours of housework, both of which are about the same as the national figures.
11.2% ▲ +21.8%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.2%
- 2016: 9.9%
- 2021: 11.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
31.8% ▼ -6.8%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.2%
- 2016: 33.2%
- 2021: 31.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.2% ▼ -6.6%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.7%
- 2016: 20.8%
- 2021: 21.2%
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 2.9% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is around the middle for its level and about the same as the Australian average of 2.8%.
2.9%
Higher than 54% 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 Oxenford [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32241/oxenford/topic/community