10.1% —
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Oak Valley · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Oak Valley
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much lower levels of community and home involvement mark Oak Valley compared to most similar areas. Only 10.1% of people volunteer their time, which is well below the national figure. This trend of lower participation extends into unpaid care and housework across the board.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 10.1% of residents volunteer, a figure that is well below both the South Australian rate of 17.0% and the national average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is uncommon here, with only 5.1% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework, which is far below the national figure of 20.7%. Similarly, people providing unpaid care (7.6%) and those caring for children unpaid (22.8%) are both well below the state and national rates.
7.6% —
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.8% —
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
5.1% —
Lower than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
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, which is lower than most areas and well below the South Australian rate of 3.2%.
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 Oak Valley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41063/oak-valley/topic/community