14.9% ▼ -8.0%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.2%
- 2016: 18.5%
- 2021: 14.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Ocean Reef · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Ocean Reef
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement in Ocean Reef has remained steady over the last decade, with 14.9% of residents volunteering. While local engagement is around the national average, a higher proportion of the community focuses on unpaid family responsibilities. Nearly 30% of people here provide unpaid child care.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.9% of residents volunteer, which is lower than most similar areas and a little below the Western Australian figure of 15.9%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, with 29.2% of people caring for children, a figure that is higher than most areas. Around 22.7% of residents do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, while 11.4% provide other unpaid care, which is lower than most areas.
11.4% ▲ +22.7%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.3%
- 2016: 9.8%
- 2021: 11.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.2% ▼ -4.4%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.6%
- 2016: 30.3%
- 2021: 29.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.7% ▼ -3.9%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.6%
- 2016: 22.7%
- 2021: 22.7%
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 around the middle for its level, with 3.1% of the population having served in the Defence Force. This is about the same as the figures for both Western Australia and the rest of the country.
3.1%
Higher than 58% 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 Ocean Reef [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51176/ocean-reef/topic/community