14.5% ▼ -16.3%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.3%
- 2016: 19.1%
- 2021: 14.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Oldbury · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Oldbury
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Daily life in Oldbury involves a high level of home-based work, with 27.1% of people spending 15 hours or more each week on unpaid housework. This is well above the national figure. While home duties are common, the area has a smaller proportion of unpaid carers compared to other regions.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.5% of people volunteer here, which is lower than most areas and a little below the Western Australian figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
People caring for children unpaid make up 22.9% of the population, which is well below the national figure. Those providing general unpaid care sit at 10.7%, a little below the Australian average.
10.7% ▼ -4.2%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.2%
- 2016: 12.2%
- 2021: 10.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.9% ▼ -34.9%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.2%
- 2016: 27.7%
- 2021: 22.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.1% ▲ +3.1%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.3%
- 2016: 25.2%
- 2021: 27.1%
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.
Military service is much more common here than in most areas, with 4.2% of residents having served in the Defence Force.
4.2%
Higher than 74% 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 Oldbury [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51179/oldbury/topic/community