17.3% ▼ -2.8%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.8%
- 2016: 20.1%
- 2021: 17.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Oakford · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Oakford
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Higher rates of unpaid care and military service set Oakford apart from most similar areas. Around 31.7% of people provide unpaid childcare, which is well above the national figure. This tendency towards care and service is also seen in the local volunteering rate.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 17.3% of people in Oakford volunteer, a figure that is well above the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 31.7% of people caring for children and 24.5% spending 15 or more hours a week on housework, both of which are well above the national figures. Those providing other types of unpaid care make up 12.1% of the population, which is about the same as the rest of Australia.
12.1% ▲ +22.1%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.9%
- 2016: 11.5%
- 2021: 12.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
31.7% ▼ -14.4%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 37.0%
- 2016: 35.0%
- 2021: 31.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.5% ▼ -12.5%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.1%
- 2016: 25.2%
- 2021: 24.5%
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 Oakford than in most similar areas, with 3.8% of people having served in the Defence Force.
3.8%
Higher than 69% 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 Oakford [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51174/oakford/topic/community