13.0% ▼ -22.5%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.7%
- 2016: 18.3%
- 2021: 13.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Oaklands Park · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Oaklands Park
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people in Oaklands Park participate in unpaid work and volunteering compared to most similar areas. Only 13% of residents volunteer their time, which is well below the South Australian figure of 17%. This trend of lower community involvement extends to unpaid care and housework.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is uncommon here, with 13% of people helping out. This is much lower than most areas and sits a little below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much less common than in other areas, with only 18.3% of people caring for children and 16% doing 15 or more hours of housework. This is well below the state and national figures. Overall, 10.8% provide some form of unpaid care, which is a little below the Australian average.
10.8% ▼ -9.9%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.0%
- 2016: 11.8%
- 2021: 10.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
18.3% ▼ -6.2%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.5%
- 2016: 20.3%
- 2021: 18.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
16.0% ▼ -12.6%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.3%
- 2016: 16.4%
- 2021: 16.0%
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 2.5% of residents have served in the Defence Force. This is around the middle for similar areas and is about the same as the figures for South Australia and Australia.
2.5%
Lower than 53% 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 Oaklands Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41067/oaklands-park/topic/community